W. H. Seward Thomson

Background

Thomson, W. H. Seward was born on November 16, 1856 in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Alexandre R. and Hannah (Charles) Thomson.

Education

Student Marshall College, Huntington, West Virginia, 1871-1873. Washington and Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, 1875-1877. Doctor of Laws, same, also Muskingum College, 1915.

Career

Admitted to West Virginia bar, 1880, Pennsylvania bar, 1881. Practiced in Beaver, Pennsylvania, 1881-1894. Removed to Pittsburgh, and formed partnership with Frank Thomson as Thomson & Thomson, 1894.

United States district judge, Western District Pennsylvania, by appointment of President Wilson, July 30, since 1914.

Achievements

• W. H. Seward Thomson has been listed as a reputable judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Mary East. Imbrie, May 12, 1887.

Father:

Alexandre R. Thomson

Mother:

Hannah (Charles) Thomson

Spouse:

Mary East. Imbrie