George Eddy Downey (July 11, 1860 - May 24, 1926) was an Indiana attorney, mayor, and judge, and later a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.
Downey received a B.A. from Asbury University (now DePauw University)in 1880, and an M.A. from that institution in 1883.
Private practice, Rising Sun, Indiana, 1881-1882. Editor, Franklin Democrat, Brookville, Indiana, 1882-1884. Private practice, Rising Sun, Indiana, 1884-1886. Private practice, Aurora, Indiana, 1886- Mayor, Aurora, Indiana, 1894-1902. Judge, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Indiana, 1903-1913. Comptroller, U.S. Department of Treasury, 1913-1915.
Federal Judicial Service: Nominated to the Court of Claims by President Woodrow Wilson, commissioned on August 3, 1915, service terminated due to death on May 24, 1926,