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American judge
Henry Clay Niles
(October 21, 1850 ? September 26, 1918) was a
United States district judge
of the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
and the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
.
Education and career
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Born in
Kosciusko
,
Mississippi
, Niles
read law
to enter the bar in 1872. He was in private practice in
Jackson
, Mississippi from 1872 to 1890. He was a member of the
Mississippi House of Representatives
in 1878, and in 1886. He worked as a Mississippi district attorney. He was
United States Attorney
for the Northern District of Mississippi from 1890 to 1891.
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Federal judicial service
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Niles received a
recess appointment
from President
Benjamin Harrison
on August 11, 1891, to a joint seat on the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
and the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
vacated by Judge
Robert Andrews Hill
. He was nominated to the same position by President Harrison on December 10, 1891. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate
on January 11, 1892, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on September 26, 1918, due to his death in Jackson.
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