Edward Augustus Conger | |
Office: | Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York |
Term Start: | October 20, 1954 |
Term End: | August 7, 1963 |
Office1: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York |
Term Start1: | June 24, 1938 |
Term End1: | October 20, 1954 |
Appointer1: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Predecessor1: | Seat established by 52 Stat. 584 |
Successor1: | William Bernard Herlands |
Birth Name: | Edward Augustus Conger |
Birth Date: | 7 January 1882 |
Birth Place: | Poughkeepsie, New York |
Death Place: | Poughkeepsie, New York |
Education: | New York University School of Law read law |
Edward Augustus Conger (January 7, 1882 – August 7, 1963) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Born on January 7, 1882, in Poughkeepsie, New York, Conger attend New York University School of Law and read law in 1904. He was an assistant district attorney of Dutchess County, New York from 1908 to 1913. He was the District Attorney of Dutchess County from 1913 to 1915. He was a Judge of the Poughkeepsie City Court from 1915 to 1919. He was in private practice in Poughkeepsie from 1919 to 1938.
Conger was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 10, 1938, to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, to a new seat authorized by 52 Stat. 584. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 16, 1938, and received his commission on June 24, 1938. He assumed senior status on October 20, 1954. His service terminated on August 7, 1963, due to his death in Poughkeepsie.