William Henry Moody lived from December 23, 1853 to July 2, 1917 and was an American politician and jurist who held positions in all three branches of the federal government. He represented parts of Essex County, Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1902, then served in the cabinet of President Theodore Roosevelt as Secretary of the Navy and as Attorney General before Roosevelt appointed him to the United States Supreme Court in 1906. He retired from the Court for health reasons after a brief tenure of just under four years. A progressive like Roosevelt, he opposed racial segregation and spoke out in favor of African American civil rights.
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RoleAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction BirthplaceNewbury, Massachusetts, U.S. 1 Place of DeathHaverhill, Massachusetts, U.S. 1 Classification
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What was William Henry Moody's connection to the Lizzie Borden case?
He was the junior prosecutor in the 1893 Lizzie Borden murder case.
Moody was the District Attorney for Eastern Massachusetts, appointed in 1890, and in 1893 he was the junior prosecutor in the Lizzie Borden murder case. The prosecution's efforts were unsuccessful, but he was generally acknowledged as the most competent and effective of the attorneys on either side, and the case brought him widespread notoriety.
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William Henry Moody (December 23, 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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Newbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Haverhill, Massachusetts, U.S.
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William Henry Moody (December 23, 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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He then served in the cabinet of President Theodore Roosevelt as Secretary of the Navy and Attorney General before Roosevelt appointed him to the United States Supreme Court in 1906.
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