Howard Corcoran

Howard Corcoran
Howard Corcoran ; (lawyer, judge);
Born	January 25, 1906; Pawtucket, Rhode Island, US
Died	May 11, 1989 (Age 83); Washington, D.C., US
Alma mater	Princeton University, Harvard Law School
	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
In office
	March 11, 1965 - November 30, 1977
Appointed by	Lyndon B. Johnson
	United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
In office
	June 10, 1943 - August 2, 1943

Howard Francis Corcoran was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He was the brother of Thomas Corcoran, a close friend of Lyndon B. Johnson.

Education and career

Born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Corcoran received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Princeton University in 1928 and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1931. He worked in the United States Department of Agriculture from 1933 to 1934, worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority from 1934 to 1935, and was a legal associate for the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1935 to 1938. He was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1938 to 1943, and was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in 1943. He then was in the United States Army during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. He achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. After the war, he entered private practice in New York City, New York from 1946 to 1954, and then in Washington, D.C. until 1965.^[1]

On March 1, 1965, Corcoran was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia vacated by Judge Charles F. McLaughlin. Corcoran was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 11, 1965, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on November 30, 1977, sitting in that capacity until his death on May 11, 1989, in Washington, D.C.^[1]

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