Walter Chadwick Noyes

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Walter Chadwick Noyes
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In office
September 18, 1907 – July 1, 1913
Appointed byTheodore Roosevelt
Preceded byWilliam Kneeland Townsend
Succeeded byHenry Wade Rogers
Judge of the United States Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit
In office
September 18, 1907 – December 31, 1911
Appointed byTheodore Roosevelt
Preceded byWilliam Kneeland Townsend
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Personal details
Born
Walter Chadwick Noyes

(1865-08-08)August 8, 1865
Lyme, Connecticut
DiedJune 12, 1926(1926-06-12) (aged 60)
New York City, New York
EducationCornell University
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Walter Chadwick Noyes (August 8, 1865 – June 12, 1926) was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit.

Noyes received a recess appointment from President Theodore Roosevelt on September 18, 1907, to a seat vacated by William Kneeland Townsend. nominated on December 3, 1907; He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 10, 1907, and received commission on December 18, 1907. Noyes's service was terminated on July 1, 1913, due to resignation.

Education and career[]

Born on August 8, 1865, in Lyme, Connecticut, Noyes attended Cornell University, then read law in 1886. He entered private practice in New London, Connecticut from 1886 to 1895. He was a Judge of the Connecticut Court of Common Pleas for New London County from 1895 to 1907.[1]

Federal judicial service[]

Noyes received a recess appointment from President Theodore Roosevelt on September 18, 1907, to a joint seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the United States Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit vacated by Judge William Kneeland Townsend. He was nominated to the same position by President Roosevelt on December 3, 1907. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 10, 1907, and received his commission on December 18, 1907. On December 31, 1911, the Circuit Courts were abolished and he thereafter served only on the Court of Appeals. His service terminated on July 1, 1913, due to his resignation.[1]

Later career and death[]

Following his resignation from the federal bench, Noyes resumed private practice in New York City, New York from 1913 to 1926. He died on June 12, 1926, in New York City.[1]

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Legal offices
Preceded by
William Kneeland Townsend
Judge of the United States Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit
1907–1911
Succeeded by
Seat abolished
Preceded by
William Kneeland Townsend
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
1907–1913
Succeeded by
Henry Wade Rogers
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