Allen Hannay
Allen Burroughs Hannay (1892-1983) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Hannay was nominated to the Southern District of Texas by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on July 16, 1942, to a seat vacated by James Allred; he was confirmed by the Senate on August 6, 1942, and received commission on August 12, 1942. From 1954-1962, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on August 6, 1975. He served the Southern District of Texas until his death on October 22, 1983.[1] Hannay was succeeded in this position by Ross Sterling.
Early life and education
- University of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1913[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Hempstead, Texas, and Houston, Texas, 1913-1930
- Judge, Waller County, Texas, 1915-1917
- District judge, 113th Judicial District of Texas, 1930-1942[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Southern District of Texas
Hannay was nominated to the Southern District of Texas by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on July 16, 1942, to a seat vacated by James Allred; he was confirmed by the Senate on August 6, 1942, and received commission on August 12, 1942. From 1954-1962, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on August 6, 1975. He served the Southern District of Texas until his death on October 22, 1983.[1] Hannay was succeeded in this position by Ross Sterling.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Hannay's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: James V. Allred |
Southern District of Texas 1942–1975 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Ross Sterling
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| 1933 |
Bell • Bratton • Donohoe • FitzHenry • Garrecht • Keefe • Ragon • Stone • Woodrough | ||
| 1934 |
Allen • Bowen • Holly • Hulbert • Long • Major • Myers • Rippey • Sullivan | ||
| 1935 |
Baldwin • Denman • Faris • Ford • Hamilton • Haney • Holmes • Mahoney • Martin • Mathews • McDuffie • Moore • Roche • A. L. Stephens • H. M. Stephens • Sweeney • Yankwich | ||
| 1936 |
Abruzzo • Clancy • Davidson • Davis • Holland • Lederle • Leibell • Ling • Mandelbaum • Maris • Pollard • Thomas • Underwood | ||
| 1937 |
Adair • Biggs • Black • Burke • Collet • Druffel • Edgerton • Groner • Healy • Jackson • Jenney • Kloeb • Major • McColloch • Miller • Mize • Murrah • Rice • Stephens • Sullivan • Swinford • Treanor • Trimble • Vinson • Watkins • Williams • Wyche | ||
| 1938 |
Clark • Conger • Ford • Hamilton • Laws • Maris • McCord • Murphree • Reed | ||
| 1939 |
Allred • Arant • Beaumont • Biddle • Black • Clark • Darr • Davies • Dobie • Douglas • Duffy • Frankfurter • Goldsborough • Huxman • Igoe • Jones • Kalodner • Kerner, Sr. • Lemley • Lumpkin • Magruder • Miller • Morris • Picard • Porterie • Roberts • Rutledge • Walker • Welsh • Whaley • Whitaker • Wilkin | ||
| 1940 |
Bard • Barker • Barksdale • Boyd • Broaddus • Caillouet • Campbell • Dobie • Ganey • Goodrich • Harrison • Hartigan • Johnsen • Jones • Leamy • Mahoney • Martin • Murphy • Murrah • O'Connor • Oliver • Pine • Russell • Savage • Schwellenbach • Walker • Waller | ||
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| 1941 |
Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski | ||
| 1942 |
Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney | ||
| 1943 |
Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert • Waller | ||
| 1944 |
Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw | ||
| 1945 | |||
