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George H. Revercomb
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
In office December 17, 1985 – August 1, 1993
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Thomas Aquinas Flannery
Succeeded by	James Robertson
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
In office October 20, 1970 – December 17, 1985
Appointed by	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Evelyn Crawford Queen
United States Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General
In office February 14, 1969 – October 20, 1970
President	Richard Nixon
Personal details
Born	George Hughes Revercomb (1929-06-03)June 3, 1929 Charleston, West Virginia, United States
Died	August 1, 1993(1993-08-01) (aged 64) Washington, D.C., United States
Resting place	Oak Hill Cemetery
Parent	Chapman Revercomb (father)
Education	Princeton University (AB) University of Virginia School of Law (JD, LLM)
Military service
Branch/service	United States Air Force
Years of service	1951–1953
Battles/wars	Korean War

George Hughes Revercomb (June 3, 1929 – August 1, 1993) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Education and career

Grave of Revercomb at Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)

Born in Charleston, West Virginia, Revercomb received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Princeton University in 1950. He was in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1953, and received a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1955. Revercomb was a legal assistant for the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C. from 1958 to 1959. He was in private practice in Norfolk, Virginia from 1961 to 1962. He was in private practice in Roanoke, Virginia from 1955 to 1956, then in Charleston, West Virginia from 1956 to 1961, and in Washington, D.C. from 1962 to 1969. Revercomb was an associate deputy United States Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice from 1969 to 1970. He was an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 1970 to 1985. He received a Master of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1982, at age 53.

Federal judicial service

On November 7, 1985, Revercomb was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia vacated by Judge Thomas Aquinas Flannery. Revercomb was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16, 1985, and received his commission on December 17, 1985. Revercomb served in that capacity until his death of cancer, in Washington, D.C., on August 1, 1993, at the age of 64. He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.).

Sources

• George Hughes Revercomb at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

External links

• Media related to George Hughes Revercomb at Wikimedia Commons