Background
De Vries was born on a ranch near Woodbridge, San Joaquin County, California.
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Education
He attended the public schools and received a Bachelor of Philosophy degree from the San Joaquin Valley College, Woodbridge, California in 1886 and received a Bachelor of Laws degree from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1888.
Career
He was admitted to the bar in 1887 and commenced practice in Stockton, California in 1889. He was the assistant district attorney of San Joaquin County from January 1893 to February 1897 when he resigned, having been elected to Congress. De Vries was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1897, to August 20, 1900 when he resigned to accept a court position.
On June 9, 1900, President McKinley appointed De Vries to the Board of General Appraisers via a recess appointment.
On December 5, 1900, President McKinley nominated De Vries to the same seat, which had been vacated by Joseph Biddle Wilkinson, Junior. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 10, 1900.
He served as President of the Board from 1906 to 1910. He served on the board until April 2, 1910 and was succeeded by Samuel B. Cooper.
He was confirmed by the Senate on March 30, 1910, and received his commission the same day.
He served in that capacity on the court until June 28, 1921, and was succeeded by Judge Oscar Edward Bland. On June 23, 1921, President Harding nominated De Vries to serve as Chief Judge for the United States Court of Customs Appeals, to the seat vacated by Judge Robert Morris Montgomery. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 28, 1921 and received his commission the same day.
He served in that capacity until his resignation on October 31, 1922.
He was succeeded by Judge George Ewing Martin. De Vries partnered a law firm with George Roscoe Davis.
He reengaged in the practice of law in Washington, District of Columbia, and New York City, until 1939, when he retired to his ranch near Woodbridge, California where he died on September 11, 1939. He was buried in the family plot on the De Vries Ranch, a San Joaquin County designated historical site.
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Political Party
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