William Gardner Choate

Personal

Birthday: 
8/30/1830
Birthplace: 
Salem, MA
Date of Death: 
11/14/1920
Place of Death: 
Wallingford, CT
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, North Danvers, Massachusetts, 1855-1857
Private practice, Salem, Massachusetts, 1857-1865
Private practice, New York City, 1865-1878, 1881-1920

Education

Name of School: 
Harvard University
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1852
Name of School - Second: 

Harvard Law School

The world's premier center for legal education and research, Harvard Law School provides unparalleled opportunities to study law and related disciplines in an energetic and creative learning environment. A Harvard Law education prepares students for success in law practice, business, public service, and teaching. Through its faculty, students, and alumni, Harvard Law School is able to contribute solutions to the world's most complex legal and social challenges.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1854

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Court Name: 

New York Southern District Court

President Nominating: 
Rutherford B. Hayes
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
03/25/1878
Termination Date: 
06/01/1881
Termination Reason: 
Resignation