William Henry Moody

William Moody
Moody as Attorney General c. 1905
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
In office
December 17, 1906 – November 20, 1910[1]
Nominated byTheodore Roosevelt
Preceded byHenry Brown
Succeeded byJoseph Lamar
45th United States Attorney General
In office
July 1, 1904 – December 12, 1906
PresidentTheodore Roosevelt
Preceded byPhilander Knox
Succeeded byCharles Bonaparte
35th United States Secretary of the Navy
In office
May 1, 1902 – June 30, 1904
PresidentTheodore Roosevelt
Preceded byJohn Davis Long
Succeeded byPaul Morton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 6th district
In office
November 5, 1895 – May 1, 1902
Preceded byWilliam Cogswell
Succeeded byAugustus Peabody Gardner
District Attorney for Essex County, Massachusetts
In office
1890–1895
Preceded byHenry F. Hurlburt
Succeeded byAlden P. White
Personal details
Born
William Henry Moody

(1853-12-23)December 23, 1853
Newbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJuly 2, 1917(1917-07-02) (aged 63)
Haverhill, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationHarvard University (BA)

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. He represented parts of Essex County, Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 until 1902. 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. He retired from the Court for health reasons after a brief tenure of just less than four years. A progressive like Roosevelt, he opposed racial segregation and spoke out in favor of African-American civil rights.[2]

  1. ^ "Justices 1789 to Present". Washington, D.C.: Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  2. ^ Frederick B. Wiener, The Life and Judicial Career of William Henry Moody