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Augustus Long
Augustus V. Long (1877-1955) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
He was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on May 26, 1934, to replace William Bostwick Sheppard.[1] He was confirmed by the Senate on May 29th, and received commission on June 4th. On October 1, 1947, he assumed senior status and continued to serve in this capacity until his death on May 20, 1955.
Early life and education
- Florida Agricultural College
- Read law, 1898
Professional career
- U.S. Army Lieutenant, Spanish-American War
- Private practice, Starke, Florida, 1898-1910
- Member, Florida House of Representatives, 1903
- State's attorney, Florida, 1907
- State's attorney, Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida, 1910-1921
- Judge, Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida, 1921-1934
Judicial nominations and appointments
Northern District of Florida
Long was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on May 26, 1934, to replace William Bostwick Sheppard. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 29th, and received commission on June 4th. On October 1, 1947, he assumed senior status and continued to serve in this capacity until his death on May 20, 1955.
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
- ↑ Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: William Bostwick Sheppard |
Northern District of Florida 1934–1947 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: '
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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 | |||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Mark E. Walker (Federal judge) • Margaret Rodgers • T. Kent Wetherell • Allen Winsor | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Charles Kahn • Elizabeth Timothy • Martin Fitzpatrick • Hope Cannon • Michael Frank • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
George C. Young • William Stafford • Stephan Mickle • John Smoak • Isaac Hopkins Bronson • McQueen McIntosh • Philip Fraser • Thomas Settle • Charles Swayne • William Bostwick Sheppard • Augustus Long • Winston Arnow • George Carswell • Curtis Waller • George Whitehurst • Lynn Higby • David Middlebrooks • Dozier DeVane • Gary Jones (Florida) • Larry Bodiford • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Robert Hinkle • Maurice Paul • Clyde Roger Vinson • William Stafford • Stephan Mickle • Winston Arnow • George Carswell • | ||
