William Allen Woods

Personal

Birthday: 
5/16/1837
Birthplace: 
near Farmington, TN
Date of Death: 
6/29/1901
Place of Death: 
Indianapolis, IN
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Goshen, Indiana, 1862-1867, 1870-1873
State representative, Indiana, 1867-1869
Judge, Indiana Circuit Court, Thirty-Fourth Judicial Circuit, 1874-1880
Judge, Indiana Supreme Court, 1881-1883

Education

Name of School: 
Wabash College
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1859
Name of School - Second: 
Read law
Degree Year - Second: 
1861

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, District of Indiana
President Nominating: 
Chester A. Arthur
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
01/07/1884
Termination Date: 
03/21/1892
Termination Reason: 
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. Circuit Courts for the Seventh Circuit
Commission Date - Second: 
03/17/1892
Termination Date - Second: 
6/29/1901
Termination Reason - Second: 
Death
Court Name - Third: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Court Name - Third: 

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Third: 
03/17/1892
Termination Date - Third: 
6/29/1901
Termination Reason - Third: 
Death