Josiah Alexander Van Orsdel

Judge Josiah Alexander Van Orsdel

Personal

Birthday:

11/17/1860

Birthplace:

New Bedford, PA

Date of Death:

8/7/1937

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

County and prosecuting attorney, Laramie County, Wyoming, 1892-
State representative, Wyoming, 1894-
Attorney general, State of Wyoming, 1898-1905
Associate justice, Wyoming Supreme Court, 1905-1906
Assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1906-1907

Education

Name of School:

Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1885

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Degree Year - Second:

1890

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Court Name:

District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating:

Theodore Roosevelt

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

12/12/1907

Termination Date:

8/7/1937

Termination Reason:

Death