Background
Edgerton, Henry White was born on October 20, 1888 in Rush Center, Kansas, United States. Son of Charles Eugene and Annie Benedict (White) Edgerton.
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Henry White Edgerton
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Student of University of Wisconsin, 1905-1907. Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1910. Student Law School, University of Paris, 1910-1911.
Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1914.
Doctor of Laws, Yale, 1956, Howard University, 1963, George Washington University, 1970.
Career
Circuit. Born in Rush Center, Kansas, Edgerton received an Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in 1910, and an Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1914. He then entered private practice as an attorney, first in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1914, and then in Boston from 1915 until 1916. Edgerton was a professor at Cornell Law School from 1916 until 1918, when he returned to private practice in Boston.
In 1921, he took a teaching position at the George Washington University Law School until 1928, and then taught at Cornell University until 1937.
While at Cornell, Edgerton served as Special Assistant to the United States Attorney General from 1934 until 1935, during Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt"s first term as president On November 26, 1937, Roosevelt nominated Edgerton to a seat on the United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated by Duncan Lawrence Groner.
Edgerton was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 9, 1937, and received his commission on December 15, 1937. Edgerton served as Chief Judge of the court from 1955 until 1958, assuming senior status on April 22, 1963 and serving in that capacity until his death, in Washington, District of Columbia
Achievements
Membership
Member Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Cosmos (Washington).
Connections
Married Alice Durand, June 28, 1913. Children: John Durand, Ann (deceased).
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Resting place
Buried Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Washington District of Columbia. -
Nationality
United States