J. Harry Covington
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| Born |
James Harry Covington II May 3, 1870 Easton, Maryland |
| Died | February 4, 1942 (aged 71) Washington, D.C. |
| Resting place | Spring Hill Cemetery of Easton |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
University of Pennsylvania Maryland Military Academy |
| Occupation |
Lawyer Politician |
| Employer | Covington & Burling |
| Known for | founder of Covington & Burling |
James Harry Covington II (May 3, 1870 – February 4, 1942) was an American jurist and politician. He represented the Maryland's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1909 to 1914, and served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia from 1914 to 1918. Covington is best remembered as the founder of the Washington, DC law firm Covington & Burling, which as of 2012 maintained offices in five countries and employed over 800 attorneys.
J. Harry Covington was born May 3, 1870 in Easton, Maryland. He attended the Maryland Military Academy at Oxford. He entered the law department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1891, attending at the same time special lectures in history, literature, and economics, and graduated in 1894.
Soon thereafter, Covington began to practice law in Easton. He was an unsuccessful Democratic nominee for the Maryland State Senate in 1901, and served as State’s attorney for Talbot County, Maryland, from 1903 to 1908. He was elected as a Democrat to Congress in 1908 and served the 1st Congressional district of Maryland from March 4, 1909 until his resignation on September 30, 1914, to accept the position of chief justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
Covington served as chief justice of that court from October 1, 1914, to June 1, 1918, when he resigned to practice law in Washington, D.C.. He was also a professor of law at Georgetown University from 1914 to 1919.
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