Grover M. Moscowitz (August 31, 1886 – March 31, 1947) was a
United States district judge
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of the
.
Education and career
Born in
Hot Springs
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,
Arkansas
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, Moscowitz received a
Bachelor of Laws
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from
New York University School of Law
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in 1906. He was in private practice of law in
Brooklyn
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,
New York
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from 1907 to 1925. He was a special deputy state attorney general of New York from 1909 to 1910 and from 1922 to 1925.
Federal judicial service
Moscowitz was nominated by President
Calvin Coolidge
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on December 16, 1925, to a seat on the
vacated by Judge
Edwin Louis Garvin
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Education and career
Born on October 25, 1877, in Brooklyn, New York, Garvin ...
. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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on December 21, 1925, and received his commission the same day. His service was terminated on March 31, 1947, due to his death in
New York City
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, New York.
See also
*
List of Jewish American jurists
References
Sources
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Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
United States district court judges appointed by Calvin Coolidge
20th-century American judges
1886 births
1947 deaths
New York University School of Law alumni
People from Hot Springs, Arkansas