William Calvin Chesnut
William Calvin Chesnut (June 27, 1873 – October 16, 1962) was a United States federal judge.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Chesnut received an A.B. from Johns Hopkins University in 1892 and an LL.B. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1894. He was an assistant state's attorney of Baltimore from 1896 to 1899. He was in private practice in Baltimore from 1899 to 1931. He was a lecturer for the University of Maryland School of Law from 1911 to 1931.
On May 9, 1931, Chesnut received a recess appointment from President Herbert Hoover to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland vacated by Morris A. Soper. Formally nominated on December 15, 1931, Chesnut was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 12, 1932, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on July 31, 1953, serving in that capacity until his death, in 1962, in Baltimore.
Sources
- William Calvin Chesnut at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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| Preceded by | Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland 1931–1953 |
Succeeded by Roszel Cathcart Thomsen |
- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
- 1873 births
- 1962 deaths
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
- United States district court judges appointed by Herbert Hoover
- Lawyers from Baltimore, Maryland
- Johns Hopkins University alumni
- University of Maryland School of Law alumni
- University of Maryland, Baltimore faculty
