Edwin Louis Garvin
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Edwin Louis Garvin was an American lawyer and politician from New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

. He was a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
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Life

He graduated B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 from New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...

 in 1897 and LL.B. from New York University School of Law
New York University School of Law
The New York University School of Law is the law school of New York University. Established in 1835, the school offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in law, and is located in Greenwich Village, in the New York City borough of Manhattan....

 in 1899. He married Ida Elizabeth Crane, the sister of Chief Judge Frederick E. Crane
Frederick E. Crane
Frederick Evan Crane was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1935 to 1939.-Life:...

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He was nominated to the court by Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...

 on March 6, 1918, to a seat vacated by Van Vechten Veeder
Van Vechten Veeder
Van Vechten Veeder was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Judge Veeder received an education at Columbia University and the University of Virginia and read law in 1890...

, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 21, 1918, and received his commission on March 21, 1918. His service terminated on October 31, 1925 when he resigned.

He was justice of the New York Supreme Court
New York Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in thestate court system of New York, United States. There is a supreme court in each of New York State's 62 counties, although some smaller counties share judges with neighboring counties...

 from 1941 to 1947.

He died at the Brookhaven
Brookhaven, New York
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Memorial Hospital.

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