Walter I. McCoy
Walter Irving McCoy (December 8, 1859, in Troy, New York – July 17, 1933, in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 8th congressional district from 1911 to 1913, and the 9th district from 1913 to 1914.
Biography
McCoy was born in Troy, New York, on December 8, 1859. He attended the public schools, Troy Academy, Phillips Exeter Academy and Princeton College. He graduated from Harvard University in 1882 and from Harvard Law School in 1886. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in New York City. He was a trustee of the village of South Orange, New Jersey from 1893–1895, 1901–1905, and again in 1910. McCoy was a delegate to the 1904 and 1908 Democratic National Conventions., and was a vice president of the Essex County Democratic committee.
McCoy was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1911, until October 3, 1914, when he resigned. He was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson on October 5, 1914, as an associate justice, and on May 31, 1918, as chief justice, of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (now the United States District Court for the District of Columbia) and served until his retirement on December 8, 1929. He resided in Washington, D.C., until 1932, when he moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he died on July 17, 1933. He was interred in Troy Cemetery, in Troy, New York.
External links
- Walter I. McCoy at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Walter Irving McCoy at The Political Graveyard
- Walter Irving McCoy at Find A Grave
United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 8th congressional district March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 |
Succeeded by Eugene Francis Kinkead |
Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 9th congressional district March 4, 1913 – October 3, 1914 |
Succeeded by Richard W. Parker |
Legal offices | ||
Preceded by | Associate Justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 1914–1918 |
Succeeded by Thomas Jennings Bailey |
Preceded by | Chief Justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 1918–1929 |
Succeeded by Thomas Jennings Bailey |
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- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- United States district court judges appointed by Woodrow Wilson
- People from South Orange, New Jersey
- Phillips Exeter Academy alumni
- Princeton University alumni, 1880–89
- New Jersey Democrats
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives