Alfred Adams Wheat
Associate Justice, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia [Supreme Court of the District of Columbia]
Nominated by Herbert Hoover on April 18, 1929, to a new seat created by 45 Stat. 1056; Confirmed by the Senate on May 3, 1929, and received commission on May 3, 1929. Service terminated on June 4, 1930, due to appointment to another judicial position.
Chief Justice, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia [Supreme Court of the District of Columbia] Nominated by Herbert Hoover on May 14, 1930, to a seat vacated by Walter I. McCoy; Confirmed by the Senate on June 4, 1930, and received commission on June 4, 1930. Assumed senior status on December 31, 1941. Service terminated on May 11, 1943, due to death.
Education:
Dartmouth College, A.B., 1889
Columbia University, LL.B., 1891
Professional Career:
Private practice, New York City, 1893-1922
Special assistant to U.S. attorney general, 1922-1929
Acting Solicitor General of the United States, 1929