Walter Joseph Cummings

Judge Walter Joseph Cummings

Personal

Birthday:

9/29/1916

Birthplace:

Chicago, IL

Date of Death:

4/24/1999

Place of Death:

Chicago, IL

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Assistant solicitor general and special assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1940-1946
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1946-1966
Solicitor general of the United States, 1952-1953

Education

Name of School:

Yale University

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1937

Name of School - Second:

Harvard Law School

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Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1940

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Court Name:

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating:

Lyndon B. Johnson

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

8/11/1966

Termination Date:

4/24/1999

Termination Reason:

Death