David Moylan
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David M. Moylan (December 25, 1874 – May 17, 1942) was a member of the Cleveland City Council and later a municipal judge, who had lost both his arms in a railroad accident.
Biography
He was born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1874 in Cleveland, Ohio.Judge David M. Moylan in the WWI draft registration of 1918
Around 1905 he was a railroad switchman in Cleveland, Ohio when he was hit by a train and lost both arms.{{cite news |title= The Armless Judge |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95060914/1915-11-19/ed-1/seq-2/ |newspaper=Graham Guardian |date=November 19, 1915 |access-date=2013-12-03 }}
He attended law school and was admitted to the bar in 1908.{{cite news |title=Armless Lawyer |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/501470137 |newspaper=Boston Daily Globe |date=April 3, 1910 |access-date=2013-12-03 }} In 1912 he was elected to the Cleveland City Council. In 1915 he was elected to the Cleveland Municipal Court.{{cite news |title=Armless Judge On Cleveland Bench |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B01YAAAAIBAJ&pg=3657,4799809 |newspaper=United Press in the Toledo News-Bee |date=November 3, 1915 |access-date=2013-12-03 }}{{cite news |title=David Moylan |year=1916 |publisher=New Outlook | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gb0xAQAAMAAJ&q=Judge+David+Moylan+Ohio&pg=PA30 }}
He died of a heart attack in Cleveland, Ohio on May 17, 1942.{{cite news |title=Judge David Moylan, Cleveland Jurist. Lost Arms. Wrote With Pen in Teeth |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/05/17/archives/judge-davl__o-_moyla-cleveland-jurist-lost-arms-i-wrote-with-pen-in.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 17, 1942 |access-date=2013-12-03 }} His seat on the judicial bench was filled by Perry B. Jackson.{{cite news |title=Jackson Named Judge |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hhAmAAAAIBAJ&pg=2711,279294 |newspaper=The Afro American |date=August 29, 1942 |access-date=2013-12-03 }}
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Category:Cleveland City Council members
Category:Cleveland Municipal Court judges