{{Short description|American judge (1898-1964)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Archie Owen Dawson | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | office = Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | term_start = April 27, 1954 | term_end = August 3, 1964 | nominator = | appointer = Dwight D. Eisenhower | predecessor = Henry W. Goddard | successor = Constance Baker Motley | pronunciation = | birth_name = Archie Owen Dawson | birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|10|09}} | birth_place = Pomfret, Connecticut | death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|08|03|1898|10|09}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = | other_party = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | education = Columbia University (A.B.)<br>Columbia Law School (LL.B.) | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!--Embedded templates / Footnotes--> | footnotes = }} '''Archie Owen Dawson''' (October 9, 1898 – August 3, 1964) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

==Education and career==

Born in Pomfret, Connecticut, Dawson received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Columbia University in 1921 and a Bachelor of Laws from Columbia Law School in 1923.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development |url=http://archive.org/details/ldpd_12981092_003 |title=Columbia College today |last2=Columbia College (Columbia University) |date=1956 |publisher=New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development |others=Columbia University Libraries}}</ref> He was in private practice in New York City, New York from 1923 to 1954, interrupted by service as a private in the United States Army during World War II. He was a Delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention in 1933.<ref name="auto">{{FJC Bio|584|nid=1379876|name=Archie Owen Dawson<!--(1898–1964)-->}}</ref> He served as President of The New York Young Republican Club from 1933 to 1934.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nyyrc.com/history/|title = History}}</ref>

==Federal judicial service==

On April 6, 1954, Dawson was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Judge Henry W. Goddard. Dawson was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 23, 1954, and received his commission on April 27, 1954. Dawson served in that capacity until his death on August 3, 1964.<ref name="auto"/>

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