Henry W. Goddard
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Henry Warren Goddard (May 4, 1876 - August 26, 1955) was a longtime federal judge in New York City.
Goddard, a graduate of New York Law School, worked as a lawyer in private practice in New York from 1901 to 1923. In 1923, President Warren G. Harding appointed Goddard as a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Goddard served as an active judge for 31 years. He took senior status in 1954 and died one year later.
Goddard was best known as the judge who presided over the second perjury trial of Alger Hiss and sentenced Hiss to five years in federal prison.
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