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Moody (WILLIAM H an American)

WILLIAM H., an American statesman; born in Newbury, Mass., Dec. 23, 1853; was graduated from Harvard in 1876; was district attorney for the eastern district of Massachusetts, 1890-1895; was a member of Congress 1895-1902; when he was appointed by President Roosevelt to succeed John D.

Long as Secretary of the Navy. He held this post until 1904, when he was made Attorney-General, and in 1906 was appointed an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He died in 1917.