Thomas D. Thacher

Thomas D. Thacher

Thomas Day Thacher (born September 10, 1881 in Tenafly , New Jersey , † November 12, 1950 in New York City ) was an American lawyer who served as a federal judge and United States Solicitor General .

biography

After attending the Taft School and Phillips Academy in Andover , the son of a lawyer studied at Yale University , where he earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1904 . He completed a subsequent postgraduate study of law at the Law School of Yale University in 1906. After his admission to the bar in New York State , he worked for Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett , his father's law firm .

One year on 1907 he became assistant to the Federal Attorney for the Southern District of New York ( Assistant US Attorney ), returned after the end of that office in 1910 to Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett back and was finally from 1914 to 1925 Partner of the firm. During the First World War , he served in the American Red Cross between 1917 and 1918 . In 1925 he was appointed judge of the US District Court for the southern district of New York. He held this office at the Federal District Court until 1930.

In March 1930 appointed him President Herbert Hoover for the Solicitor General . Thacher held this third highest office in the Ministry of Justice until May 1933. He was also president of Yale Corporation between 1931 and 1949 , which is responsible for the administration and economic affairs of Yale University.

After serving as president of the New York City Bar Association from 1933 to 1935, he was chairman of the city's Charter Revision Commission for one year and, for some time in 1943, city councilor on corporate law issues . Most recently, Thacher was a judge at the New York State Supreme Court ( New York Court of Appeals ) from 1943 to 1948 .

Web links

• Biography Ministry of Justice (English)
• Thomas D. Thacher in the Notable Names Database (English)