Harry M. Clabaugh (July 16, 1856 – March 6, 1914) was an Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

Harry Morris Clabaugh
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
In office
April 1, 1903 – March 6, 1914
Appointed byTheodore Roosevelt
Preceded byEdward Franklin Bingham
Succeeded byJ. Harry Covington
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
In office
March 2, 1899 – May 1, 1903
Appointed byWilliam McKinley
Preceded byLouis E. McComas
Succeeded byJeter Connelly Pritchard
21st Attorney General of Maryland
In office
1895–1899
GovernorFrank Brown
Lloyd Lowndes Jr.
Preceded byJohn P. Poe Sr.
Succeeded byGeorge Riggs Gaither Jr.
Personal details
Born
Harry M. Clabaugh

(1856-07-16)July 16, 1856
Cumberland, Maryland, U.S.
DiedMarch 6, 1914(1914-03-06) (aged 57)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Maryland School of Law (LL.B.)

Education and career

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Born in Cumberland, Maryland, Clabaugh received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1878. He was in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1878 to 1880, and in Carroll County, Maryland, from 1880 to 1904. He was Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee from 1891 to 1899. He was Attorney General of Maryland from 1895 to 1904.[1]

Federal judicial service

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Clabaugh was nominated by President William McKinley on February 21, 1899, 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 Louis E. McComas. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 2, 1899, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on May 1, 1903, due to his elevation to be Chief Justice of the same court.[1]

Clabaugh received a recess appointment from President Theodore Roosevelt on April 1, 1903, to the Chief Justice seat on the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (now the United States District Court for the District of Columbia) vacated by Chief Justice Edward Franklin Bingham. He was nominated to the same position by President Roosevelt on November 10, 1903. He was confirmed by the Senate on November 16, 1903, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on March 6, 1914, due to his death in Washington, D.C.[1]

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Legal offices
Preceded by Attorney General of Maryland
1895–1899
Succeeded by
Preceded by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
1899–1903
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
1903–1914
Succeeded by