George Wesley Atkinson

Judge George Wesley Atkinson

Personal

Birthday:

6/29/1845

Birthplace:

Charleston, VA (now WV)

Date of Death:

4/4/1925

Place of Death:

Charleston, WV

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Assistant superintendent of public schools, Kanawha County, West Virginia, 1868-1870
Collector of tolls, Kanawha [West Virginia] River Board, 1869-1871
Postmaster, Charleston, West Virginia, 1871-1877
Private practice, Charleston, West Virginia, 1875-1877
Editor, Wheeling [West Virginia] Standard, 1877-1878
Revenue agent, Bureau of Internal Revenue, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1879-1881
U.S. marshal, District of West Virginia, 1881-1885
U.S. representative from West Virginia, 1890-1891
Editor, West Virginia Journal, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1891-1896
Private practice, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1891-1896
Governor, West Virginia, 1897-1901
U.S. attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1901-1905

Education

Name of School:

Ohio Wesleyan University

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1870

Name of School - Second:

Ohio Wesleyan University

Degree - Second:

A.M.

Degree Year - Second:

1873

Name of School - Third:

Howard University Law Department

Degree - Third:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Third:

1874

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Court of Claims

Court Name:

United States Court of Federal Claims

President Nominating:

Theodore Roosevelt

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

1/16/1906

Termination Date:

4/16/1916

Termination Reason:

Resignation