James Harry Covington

James Harry Covington (May 3, 1870 – February 4, 1942) 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. Education and career Born on May 3, 1870, in Easton, Talbot County, Maryland, Covington received academic training in the public schools of Talbot County and the Maryland Military and Naval Academy at Oxford. He received a Bachelor of Laws in 1894 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He entered private practice in Easton starting in 1894. He was an unsuccessful Democratic nominee for the Maryland Senate in 1901. He was state's attorney for Talbot County from 1903 to 1908. Congressional service