page_title: J. Harry Covington
section_title: Later career and death
hierarchical_section_title: J. Harry Covington / Later career and death
caption_attribution_description: English: The w:Railway Wage Commission was created on January 18, 1918 by the Director General Of Railroads. Seated w:James Harry Covington; w:Franklin Knight Lane; w:Charles Caldwell McChord; and w:William Russell Willcox. Standing w:William A. Ryan; and w:Frederick William Lehmann.
context_page_description: James Harry Covington was a United States Representative from Maryland and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. He founded the major law firm of Covington & Burling.
context_section_description: Covington returned to private practice in Washington, D.C. from 1918 to 1942. He was a Professor of Law for Georgetown University from 1914 to 1919. He was a member of the Railway Wage Commission in 1918. He died on February 4, 1942, in Washington, D.C. He was interred in Spring Hill Cemetery in Easton.
caption: Railway Wage Commission with seated James Harry Covington, Franklin Knight Lane, Charles Caldwell McChord, William Russell Willcox. Standing are William A. Ryan and Frederick William Lehmann.
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