Harlan Watson Rippey (September 8, 1874 – March 11, 1946) was a
United States district judge
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of the
.
Education and career
Born in
Livingston County,
New York
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, two neighboring hamlets in or near York
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. Rippey received an
Artium Baccalaureus
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degree from the
University of Rochester
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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
vacated by Judge
Simon L. Adler
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Education and career
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. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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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
In
1936
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, he was elected on the
Democratic ticket to the
New York Court of Appeals
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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
Rochester
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, New York.
Note
References
Sources
*
''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)
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1874 births
1946 deaths
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