Harmon, Judson
lawyer, jurist, attorney general of the United States, was born Feb. 3, 1846, in Hamilton county, Ohio. In 1876 he was elected judge of the common pleas court, but was unseated four months later, after a contest. Two years later he was elected judge of the superior court of Cincinnati, and was reelected in 1883. In 1887 he resigned to resume the practice of law; and was appointed attorney general by President Cleveland and entered upon the duties of his office in 1895.