Ashley Mulgrave Gould

Ashley Mulgrave Gould (October 8, 1859 – May 20, 1921) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

Ashley Mulgrave Gould
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
In office December 8, 1902 – May 20, 1921
Appointed by	Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded by	Andrew Coyle Bradley
Succeeded by	Adolph A. Hoehling Jr.
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
In office 1898
Personal details
Born	Ashley Mulgrave Gould October 8, 1859 Lower Horton, Nova Scotia, British America
Died	May 20, 1921 (aged 61)
Education	Amherst College (A.B.) Georgetown Law (LL.B.)

Education and career

Born in Lower Horton, (now Wolfville), Nova Scotia, British America (now Canada), Gould received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Amherst College in 1881 and a Bachelor of Laws from Georgetown Law in 1884. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1898, and was the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1901 to 1902. He began teaching as a professor of law at Georgetown University in 1901.[1]

Federal judicial service

Gould was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt on December 2, 1902, to an Associate Justice seat on the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (now the United States District Court for the District of Columbia) vacated by Associate Justice Andrew Coyle Bradley. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 8, 1902, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on May 20, 1921, due to his death.[1]

References

1. Ashley Mulgrave Gould at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Sources

• Ashley Mulgrave Gould at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.