Milton Dwight Purdy

Biography of Milton Dwight Purdy

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Purdy
• First Name: Milton
• Middle Name: Dwight
• Date of Birth: November , 3 , 1866
• Place of Birth (POB): Mogadore , Ohio (US-OH, OH, 39, Ohio, Ohio O., Oh.)
• Date of Death: February , 11 , 1937
• Place of Death (POD): Honohulu , Hawaii (US-HI, HI, 15, HA, Hawaii, H.I)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Milton Dwight Purdy Court Service Information

• Court Name: United States District Court, District of Minnesota
• Court Type: United States District Court
• Appointment under the Presidency of: Theodore Roosevelt ( Republican )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 12/08/1908
• Judicial Recess Appointment date: 07/06/1908
• Seat vacated by: Lochren , William
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 12/08/1908
• Committee action: Not Reported
• Date of Termination: 03/03/1909
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Recess Appointment-Not Confirmed

Second Appointment of Milton Dwight Purdy

• Court Name: United States District Court, District of Minnesota
• Court Type: United States District Court
• Promoted by President: William H. Taft ( Republican )
• Recess Appointment date: 03/06/1909
• Seat vacated by: Purdy , Milton Dwight
• Date of Termination: 05/01/1909
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Resignation

Milton Dwight Purdy in the Law School

• Name of School: University of Minnesota
• Degree: Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
• Law Degree Year: 1891

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): University of Minnesota Law School
• Degree: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
• Law Degree Year: 1892

Milton Dwight Purdy Career Path

Employment:

• Assistant city attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1893-1897
• Assistant county attorney, Hennepin County, Minnesota, 1897-1898
• Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Minnesota, 1898-1901
• U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota, 1901-1902
• U.S. Department of Justice, 1903-1908, 1922-1924; assistant attorney general, 1903-1905; assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1905-1908; special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1922-1924
• Judge, U.S. Court for China, 1924
• Nominated to U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, April 23, 1908; no Senate vote
• Nominated to U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, December 8, 1908; no Senate vote

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