Facts: - president: theodore roosevelt theodore roosevelt - party: republican - predecessor: henry billings brown philander c. knox john davis long - succeeded: augustus peabody gardner - birth date: 23 december 1853 - profession: politician , lawyer , judge - order: associate states 45th united states attorney general 35th united states secretary justice of the navy of the supreme court of the united - death date: 2 july 1917 - district: 6th - term end: november 30 , 1904 may 1 , 1902 20 , 1910 december 12 , 1906 june - nominator: theodore roosevelt - name: william henry moody - death place: haverhill , massachusetts , u.s. - birth place: newbury , massachusetts , u.s. - successor: joseph rucker lamar charles j. bonaparte paul morton - state: massachusetts - alma mater: harvard university - imagesize: 200px - preceded: william cogswell - term start: december 1 , 1902 november 5 , 1895 12 , 1906 july 1 , 1904 may - image: whmoody.jpg - religion: episcopalian Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william henry moody .
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william henry moody -lrb- december 23 , 1853 -- july 2 , 1917 -rrb- was an american politician and jurist , who held positions in all three branches of the government of the united states .