Samuel Jordan Graham

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Samuel Jordan Graham (July 27, 1859 - January 20, 1951) was a judge of the United States Court of Claims.

Educated at Washington and Lee University and the Washington and Lee University School of Law, Graham was in private practice in Lexington, Virginia from 1881 to 1890, and in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1890 to 1913. He was an assistant Attorney General of the United States from 1913 to 1919.

Graham was nominated to the Court of Claims by President Woodrow Wilson. Commissioned on July 28, 1919. Retired from active service on May 1, 1930. Served in senior status until his death.

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