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Roszel Cathcart Thomsen (August 17, 1900 – March 11, 1992) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
Education and career
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Thomsen received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1919 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1922. He was in private practice in Baltimore from 1922 to 1954.
Federal judicial service
On March 15, 1954, Thomsen was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland vacated by Judge William Calvin Chesnut. Thomsen was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 11, 1954, and received his commission on May 12, 1954. He served as Chief Judge from 1955 to 1970, and as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1958 to 1964. He assumed senior status on January 31, 1971. He served as a Judge of the Special Railroad Court from 1974 to 1987. Thomsen remained in senior status until his death on March 11, 1992.
Sources
- Roszel Cathcart Thomsen at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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| Preceded by William Calvin Chesnut | Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland 1954–1971 | Succeeded by Herbert Frazier Murray |
| Preceded by William Caldwell Coleman | Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland 1955–1970 | Succeeded by Robert Dorsey Watkins |