About Roy Chamberlain
Lived 1862 – 1953 (aged 91). Roy Chamberlain was an American judge.
Roy Hawley Chamberlain (April 16, 1862 – August 30, 1953 He was the son-in-law of Iowa Congressman William Peters Hepburn.
Federal judicial service
Chamberlain received a recess appointment from President Theodore Roosevelt on June 3, 1908, to a seat on the Board of General Appraisers vacated by Member Wilbur Fisk Lunt. He was nominated to the same position by President Roosevelt on December 8, 1908. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 11, 1909, and received his commission on January 15, 1909. His service terminated on March 3, 1913, due to his removal from office by President William Howard Taft. He was succeeded by George Stewart Brown.
Later life and death
After his removal from office, Chamberlain worked as a grocer in Bradford, Pennsylvania from 1920 to 1930.
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Roy Chamberlain was born on 16 April 1862 in Clarinda.
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Roy Chamberlain died on 30 August 1953.
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Roy Chamberlain was a judge.
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Roy Chamberlain was American.
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