# Edward Jordan Dimock > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edward_Jordan_Dimock > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edward_Jordan_Dimock.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jordan_Dimock > Source revision: 1347553488 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American judge (1890–1986)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Edward Jordan Dimock | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | office = [Senior Judge](/source/Senior_status) of the [United States District Court for the Southern District of New York](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_New_York) | term_start = July 28, 1961 | term_end = March 17, 1986 | office1 = Judge of the [United States District Court for the Southern District of New York](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_New_York) | term_start1 = July 11, 1951 | term_end1 = July 28, 1961 | nominator1 = | appointer1 = [Harry S. Truman](/source/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Harry_S._Truman) | predecessor1 = [George Murray Hulbert](/source/George_Murray_Hulbert) | successor1 = [Edward Cochrane McLean](/source/Edward_Cochrane_McLean) | pronunciation = | birth_name = Edward Jordan Dimock | birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|01|04}} | birth_place = [Elizabeth](/source/Elizabeth%2C_New_Jersey), [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey) | death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|03|17|1890|01|04}} | death_place = [Forestburgh](/source/Forestburgh%2C_New_York), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = | other_party = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | education = [Yale University](/source/Yale_University) ([A.B.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))
[Harvard Law School](/source/Harvard_Law_School) ([LL.B.](/source/Bachelor_of_Laws)) | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Edward Jordan Dimock''' (January 4, 1890 – March 17, 1986) was a [United States district judge](/source/United_States_federal_judge) of the [United States District Court for the Southern District of New York](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_New_York). ==Education and career== Born in [Elizabeth](/source/Elizabeth%2C_New_Jersey), [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey), Dimock received an [Artium Baccalaureus](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) degree from [Yale University](/source/Yale_University) in 1911.{{FJC Bio|623|nid=1380066|name=Edward Jordan Dimock}} At Yale, he was an editor of a campus humor magazine ''[The Yale Record](/source/The_Yale_Record)''.''Yale Banner and Pot Pourri''. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1926. p. 238. He received a [Bachelor of Laws](/source/Bachelor_of_Laws) from [Harvard Law School](/source/Harvard_Law_School) in 1914. He was in private practice in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) from 1914 to 1941, and was a lecturer at [Yale Law School](/source/Yale_Law_School) from 1941 to 1946, and Editor of the Official Law Reports of the State of New York from 1942 to 1945. He was Chairman of the Appeal Board of the Office of Contract Settlement in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.) from 1945 to 1948, and continued as a member of that board until 1951. ==Federal judicial service== On June 11, 1951, Dimock was nominated by President [Harry S. Truman](/source/Harry_S._Truman) to a seat on the [United States District Court for the Southern District of New York](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_New_York) vacated by Judge [George Murray Hulbert](/source/George_Murray_Hulbert). Dimock was confirmed by the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) on July 10, 1951, and received his commission on July 11, 1951. He was a member of the [Judicial Conference of the United States](/source/Judicial_Conference_of_the_United_States) from 1958 to 1959. He assumed [senior status](/source/senior_status) on July 28, 1961. Dimock served in that capacity until his death on March 17, 1986, in [Forestburgh](/source/Forestburgh%2C_New_York), New York. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Sources== * {{FJC Bio|623|nid=1380066|name=Edward Jordan Dimock}} ==External links== * {{Internet Archive author |sname=Edward Jordan Dimock}} {{s-start}} {{s-legal}} {{s-bef|before=[George Murray Hulbert](/source/George_Murray_Hulbert)}} {{s-ttl|title={{nowrap|Judge of the [United States District Court for the Southern District of New York](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_New_York)}}|years=1951–1961}} {{s-aft|after=[Edward Cochrane McLean](/source/Edward_Cochrane_McLean)}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dimock, Edward Jordan}} Category:1890 births Category:1986 deaths Category:Yale University alumni Category:Harvard Law School alumni Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Category:United States district court judges appointed by Harry S. Truman --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Edward Jordan Dimock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jordan_Dimock) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jordan_Dimock?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.