W. H. Seward Thomson (December 16, 1856 – November 29, 1932) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
W. H. Seward Thomson
Pennsylvania Western District Court
Born 1856 in Beaver County, PA
Died 1932
FJC ID: 2382
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 14/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 13/year
Pennsylvania Western District Court · 1914–1932
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania1894–1914
- Private practice, Beaver, Pennsylvania1881–1894
Appointments
1914–1932 · Appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Washington and Jefferson College
- Marshall College (now Marshall University)
- Read law1880