Joseph Charles McGarraghy (November 6, 1897 – November 29, 1975) was a

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of the

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Education and career

McGarraghy was born in

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, and graduated from the Business High School. McGarraghy was in the engineering corps of the

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from 1917 to 1920 where he became an Army Field Clerk in 1918 and secretary in 1920."Veteran Gets Position"
'' The Evening Star'', Washington, D.C., number 27,924, October 11, 1920, page 2. He received a

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from Georgetown Law in 1921. He was an assistant corporation counsel from 1924 to 1925. He was in private practice in Washington, D.C., from 1925 to 1954. He was President of the Washington Board of Trade from 1946 to 1947. He was Chairman of the Greater National Capital Committee from 1947 to 1950. He was a Chairman of the Republican State Committee in Washington, D.C., from 1949 to 1954. He was Chairman of the Eisenhower-Nixon Inaugural Committee in 1953.

Federal judicial service

McGarraghy was nominated by President

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on November 10, 1954, to a seat on the

vacated by Judge Walter M. Bastian. He was confirmed by the

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on December 2, 1954, and received his commission the next day. He assumed

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on December 17, 1967. His service terminated on November 29, 1975, due to his death.

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