Adolph August Hoehling Jr. (November 3, 1868 – February 17, 1941) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

Education and career

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Hoehling was the son of Annie Tilghman Hoehling (1841–1923) and Adolph A. Hoehling (1839–1920), a

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and doctor in the United States Navy's medical corps. The younger Hoehling attended

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and Lehigh University. He received a Bachelor of Laws from

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School of Law (now

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) in 1889, and a Master of Laws from the same institution in 1890. He was in private practice in Washington, D.C., from 1891 to 1921. He was President of the District of Columbia Bar Association from 1916 to 1917. During World War I he served as a

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in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, and was counsel to the District of Columbia draft board.

Federal judicial service

Hoehling was nominated by President Warren G. Harding on June 6, 1921, to an Associate Justice seat on the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (now the United States District Court for the District of Columbia) vacated by Associate Justice

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. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 13, 1921, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on December 31, 1927, due to his resignation.

First inauguration of Calvin Coolidge

On August 21, 1923, Hoehling re-administered the Presidential

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. Hoehling kept the second swearing in a secret until confirming

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's revelation of it in 1932. When Hoehling confirmed Daugherty's story, he indicated that Daugherty, then serving as United States Attorney General, asked him to administer the oath at the Willard Hotel. According to Hoehling, he did not question Daugherty's reason for requesting a second oath taking, but assumed it was to resolve any doubt about whether the first swearing in was valid, since an oath for a federal office had been administered by Coolidge's father, a Vermont notary public and

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Later career and death

After his resignation from the federal bench, Hoehling returned to private practice in Washington, D.C. He died in Washington, D.C., on February 17, 1941, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Section West, Site 155B.

Family

On June 9, 1906, Hoehling married Louise Gilbert Carrington (1882–1968) of New Jersey. They were the parents of three children.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoehling, Adolph A. Jr. 1868 births 1941 deaths Lawyers from Philadelphia Lawyers from Washington, D.C. George Washington University Law School alumni United States Army officers Military personnel from Philadelphia United States Army personnel of World War I Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia United States district court judges appointed by Warren G. Harding 20th-century American judges Burials at Arlington National Cemetery