Background
Cashin, John Martin was born on August 31, 1892 in Kingston, New York, United States. Son of Martin J. and Catherine (Kelliher) Cashin.
Cashin, John Martin was born on August 31, 1892 in Kingston, New York, United States. Son of Martin J. and Catherine (Kelliher) Cashin.
Bachelor of Laws, Cornell Univercity, 1915.
Born in Kingston, New York, Cashin received an Bachelor of Laws from Cornell Law School in 1915 and was in private practice in Kingston from 1916 to 1922. He was also the city treasurer of Kingston in 1922, and was then an assistant United States. Attorney of the Southern District of New York from 1922 to 1925. He was a Counsel to the Federal Prohibition Administration from 1925 to 1926, returning to private practice in Kingston from 1926 to 1943.
He was also corporation counsel to the City of Kingston from 1935 to 1941.
He was a county judge for Ulster County, New York from 1943 to 1955. Formally nominated on January 12, 1956, Cashin was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 1, 1956, and received his commission on March 2, 1956.
He assumed senior status on October 1, 1965. Cashin served in that capacity until his death, in 1970, in Kingston.
Member of New York State, Ulster Company Bar Associations, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Carolyn Markle, December 9, 1928.