Alston Gordon Dayton

Judge Alston Gordon Dayton

Personal

Birthday:

10/18/1857

Birthplace:

Philippi, VA (now WV)

Date of Death:

7/30/1920

Place of Death:

Battle Creek, MI

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Philippi, West Virginia, 1878-1879
Prosecutor, Upshur County, West Virginia, 1879-1884
Prosecutor, Barbour County, West Virginia, 1884-1888
Private practice, West Virginia, 1886-1895
U.S. representative from West Virginia, 1895-1905

Education

Name of School:

West Virginia University

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1878

Name of School - Second:

West Virginia University

Degree - Second:

M.A.

Degree Year - Second:

1880

Name of School - Third:

Read law

Degree Year - Third:

1878

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia

Court Name:

West Virginia Northern District Court

President Nominating:

Theodore Roosevelt

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

3/14/1905

Termination Date:

7/30/1920

Termination Reason:

Death