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 by	Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded by	Henry Brown
Succeeded by	Joseph Lamar
45th United States Attorney General
In office July 1, 1904 – December 12, 1906
President	Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded by	Philander Knox
Succeeded by	Charles Bonaparte
35th United States Secretary of the Navy
In office May 1, 1902 – June 30, 1904
President	Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded by	John Davis Long
Succeeded by	Paul Morton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 6th district
In office November 5, 1895 – May 1, 1902
Preceded by	William Cogswell
Succeeded by	Augustus Peabody Gardner
District Attorney for Essex County, Massachusetts
In office 1890–1895
Preceded by	Henry F. Hurlburt
Succeeded by	Alden P. White
Personal details
Born	William Henry Moody (1853-12-23)December 23, 1853 Newbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	July 2, 1917(1917-07-02) (aged 63) Haverhill, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	Harvard 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]