Joseph Charles McGarraghy

McGarraghy (left, behind Truman) in 1950

Born in Washington, D.C., McGarraghy was in the United States Army from 1917 to 1920, and received a Bachelor of Laws from Georgetown Law in 1921. He was an assistant corporation counsel from 1924 to 1925. He was in private practice in Washington, D.C. from 1925 to 1954. He was President of the Washington Board of Trade from 1946 to 1947. He was Chairman of the Greater National Capital Committee from 1947 to 1950. He was a Chairman of the Republican State Committee in Washington, D.C. from 1949 to 1954. He was Chairman of the Eisenhower-Nixon Inaugural Committee in 1953.[1]

McGarraghy was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on November 10, 1954, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia vacated by Judge Walter Maximillian Bastian. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 2, 1954, and received his commission the next day. He assumed senior status on December 17, 1967. His service terminated on November 29, 1975, due to his death.[1]

• Joseph Charles McGarraghy at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.