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Koch retired as Deputy County Clerk in 1869, when he was elected Civil
Justice in the Fifth District. In 1877, he was nominated by anti-Tammany organizations for Justice of the Marine Court, losing the election by a small majority and allegedly due to fraud. In 1879, he ran for the
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Grammar School No. 36 in New York City, attended law lectures with Professor
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