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Judge, born in Newbury, Massachusetts, USA. He prosecuted for Massachusetts in the Lizzie Borden murder trial and was elected to the US House of Representatives (Republican, Massachusetts, 1895). President Theodore Roosevelt named him secretary of the navy (1902–4), attorney general (1904–6), and to the US Supreme Court (1906–10).

William Henry Moody

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Term in office
December 17, 1906 – November 20, 1910
Preceded by Henry Billings Brown
Succeeded by Joseph Rucker Lamar
Nominated by Theodore Roosevelt
Born December 23, 1853
Newbury, Massachusetts
Died July 2, 1917
Haverhill, Massachusetts

William Henry Moody (23 December 1853-July 2, 1917) was an American politician and jurist, who held positions in all three branches of the Government of the United States.

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This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Preceded by:
William Cogswell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 6th congressional district

November 5, 1895 – May 1, 1902
Succeeded by:
Augustus P. Long
United States Secretary of the Navy
1902 – 1904
Succeeded by:
Paul Morton
Preceded by:
Philander C. Knox
Attorney General of the United States
1904 – 1906
Succeeded by:
Charles Joseph Bonaparte
Preceded by:
Henry Billings Brown
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
December 17, 1906–November 20, 1910
Succeeded by:
Joseph Rucker Lamar
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