resting_place death_date death_place birth_place image_size nationality article_title birth_date known_for image employer birth_name occupation alma_mater
spring hill cemetery of easton 04 february 1942 washington , d.c. easton , maryland 190px american j. harry covington
 03 may 1870 founder of covington & burling jhcovington pic.jpg covington & burling james harry covington ii lawyer politician university of pennsylvania maryland military academy
j. harry covington

james harry covington ii -lrb- may 3 , 1870 -- february 4 , 1942 -rrb- was an american jurist and politician .
he represented the maryland 's 1st congressional district in the united states house of representatives from 1909 to 1914 , and served as chief justice of the supreme court of the district of columbia from 1914 to 1918 .
covington is best remembered as the founder of the washington , dc law firm covington & burling , which as of 2012 maintained offices in five countries and employed over 800 attorneys .
