Harlan Watson Rippey (September 8, 1874 – March 11, 1946) was a

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of the

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Education and career

Born in Livingston County,

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,The birthplace is given either as Greigsville or

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, two neighboring hamlets in or near

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. Rippey received an

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degree from the

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in 1898, and then taught mathematics at

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. In 1899, he received an Artium Magister degree from the University of Rochester. He was admitted to the bar in 1901, and practiced law in Rochester. He was the

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Inheritance Tax Appraiser from 1912 to 1915, and Monroe County Inheritance Tax Attorney from 1922 to 1927. In 1927, he was appointed by Governor

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as a justice of the

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(7th District) to fill a vacancy, and remained on the bench until the end of 1928. He was a member of the New York State Commission for the Revision of the Tax Laws from 1930 to 1936.

Federal judicial service

Rippey was nominated by President

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on June 9, 1934, to a seat on the

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vacated by Judge

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. He was confirmed by the

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on June 14, 1934, and received his commission on June 18, 1934. He resigned on December 31, 1936, to accept a state judicial post.

State judicial service and death

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, he was elected on the Democratic ticket to the

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. He remained on the Court of Appeals until the end of 1944 when he reached the constitutional age limit of 70 years. He died on March 11, 1946, in

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, New York.

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Sources

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''The History of the New York Court of Appeals, 1932-2003''
by Bernard S. Meyer, Burton C. Agata & Seth H. Agata (page 21)
''EX-JUDGE RIPPEY DIES IN ROCHESTER''
in NYT on March 13, 1946 (subscription required) {{DEFAULTSORT:Rippey, Harlan Watson 1874 births 1946 deaths Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York United States district court judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt 20th-century American judges New York Supreme Court Justices Judges of the New York Court of Appeals People from York, New York Lawyers from Rochester, New York