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Elliott Northcott
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In office
October 15, 1939 – January 3, 1946
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In office
April 6, 1927 – October 15, 1939
Appointed byCalvin Coolidge
Preceded byJohn Carter Rose
Succeeded byArmistead Mason Dobie
Personal details
Born
Elliott Northcott

(1869-04-26)April 26, 1869
Clarksburg, West Virginia
DiedJanuary 3, 1946(1946-01-03) (aged 76)
Arcadia, Florida
Spouse
Lola Beardsley
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(m. 1893)​
EducationUniversity of Michigan Law School
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Elliott Northcott (April 26, 1869 – January 3, 1946) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Education and career

Born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, Northcott attended the University of Michigan Law School, but read law to enter the bar in 1891. He entered private practice in West Virginia in 1891. He married Lola Beardsley in 1893.[1] He was city attorney of Huntington, West Virginia from 1897 to 1898, and was then an Assistant United States Attorney of the Southern District of West Virginia from 1898 to 1905, and the United States Attorney for that district from 1905 to 1909. He was United States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Colombia from 1909 to 1911, to Nicaragua in 1911, and to Venezuela from 1911 to 1913.[1] He returned to private practice in West Virginia from 1915 to 1922, and was again the United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia from 1922 to 1927.[2]

Federal judicial service

Northcott received a recess appointment from President Calvin Coolidge on April 6, 1927, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated by Judge John Carter Rose. He was nominated to the same position by President Coolidge on December 6, 1927. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 15, 1927, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on October 15, 1939. His service terminated on January 3, 1946, due to his death in Arcadia, Florida.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register. State of West Virginia. 1916. p. 714. Retrieved July 7, 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b Elliott Northcott at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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Preceded by Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
1927–1939 		Succeeded by
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