Oscar Sydney Cox (December 3, 1905 – October 4, 1966) was an American lawyer and judge. Cox attended

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and earned two degrees from

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Bachelor of Philosophy (1927) and a

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(1929). He was associated with the well-known law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in New York City. From 1934–1938, Cox served as Assistant Corporation Counsel for taxes. In 1938, he left New York City for a post with the

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. In 1941, Cox was appointed General Counsel of the

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and the

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(1941-1943). Cox was born on December 3, 1905 in Portland, Maine from a Jewish family. His son,

Warren J. Cox Warren Jacob Cox is an American architect and a co-founder of Hartman-Cox Architects in Washington, DC in 1965. He is the son of Oscar S. Cox, a prominent Washington, D.C. lawyer from Portland, Maine and Louise Black Cox of Bryson City, North Ca ...

(born 1935) is a well-known architect. Oscar Cox died on October 4, 1966 in

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