Claude Feemster Clayton
Claude Feemster Clayton (1909-1969) was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi and the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.[1] Clayton died on July 4th, 1969.
Early life and education
- University of Mississippi Law School, LL.B., 1931[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Tupelo, Mississippi, 1931-1935
- County prosecuting attorney, Lee County, Mississippi, 1935-1938
- Circuit judge, First Circuit Court District, Mississippi, 1938-1942
- U.S. Army, 1942-1945
- Private practice, Tupelo, Mississippi, 1945-1958
- City attorney, Tupelo, Mississippi, 1949-1953[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Fifth Circuit
Clayton was nominated to the Fifth Circuit by President Lyndon Johnson on October 16, 1967, to a new seat created by 80 Stat. 75; he was confirmed by the Senate on October 26, 1967, and received his commission on October 27th. He served the Fifth Circuit until his death on July 4, 1969.[1]
Northern District of Mississippi
Clayton was nominated to the Northern District of Mississippi by President Dwight Eisenhower on February 24, 1958, to a seat vacated by Elijah Allen Cox; he was confirmed by the Senate on March 4, 1958, and received his commission on March 12, 1958. From 1966-1967, he served as the chief judge. He served the Northern District of Mississippi until November 23, 1967, when he was elevated to the Fifth Circuit.[1]
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Judge Clayton's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Elijah Allen Cox |
Northern District of Mississippi 1958–1967 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Orma Rinehart Smith |
| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1967–1969 |
Succeeded by: Charles Clark
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Debra M. Brown (Mississippi) • Robert Chamberlin • Jimmy Maxwell | ||
| Senior judges |
Michael Mills (Mississippi) • Glen Davidson • Sharion Aycock • | ||
| Magistrate judges | David A. Sanders • Jane Virden • Roy Percy • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
George Adams • Samuel Jameson Gholson • Robert Andrews Hill • Henry Clay Niles • Edwin Ruthven Holmes • Lyonel Senter • Neal Biggers • Allen Pepper • Orma Rinehart Smith • William Colbert Keady • Claude Feemster Clayton • Elijah Allen Cox • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Michael Mills (Mississippi) • Lyonel Senter • Neal Biggers • Glen Davidson • Sharion Aycock • William Colbert Keady • Claude Feemster Clayton • | ||
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| 1953 |
Boldt • Bruchhausen • Cecil • Dawkins, Jr. • Grooms • Hamlin • Hoffman • Knoch • Schnackenberg • Warren • Willson | ||
| 1954 |
Aldrich • Anderson • Bastian • Bicks • Bootle • Boreman • Breitenstein • Brooks • Cecil • Chambers • Choate • Christensen • Connell • Danaher • Dawson • Day • Fee • Freeman • Halbert • Harlan • Hincks • Hoffman • Holder • Hunter • Ingraham • Laramore • Kent • Lemmon • Lord • McGarraghy • Mickelson • Miller • Palmieri • Parkinson • Rogers • Ross • Stewart • Taylor • Thomsen • Tuttle • Van Oosterhout • Vogel • Walsh • Whittaker • Wilson | ||
| 1955 |
Alger • Brown • Cameron • Clarke • Davies • Devitt • East • Estes • Grubb • Harlan • Jertberg • Jones • Lumbard • McIlvaine • Miller • Register • Sorg • Van Dusen • Waterman • Watkins • Wortendyke • Wright | ||
| 1956 |
Barnes • Bryan • Burger • Cashin • Hamley • Herlands • Johnson • Juergens • Kerr • Kraft • Levet • Lewis • Lieb • Mercer • Morgan • Rich • Rizley • Robinson • Smith • Sobeloff • Weick • Whittaker | ||
| 1957 |
Arraj • Breitenstein • Brennan • Egan • Gignoux • Grant • Hastings • Haynsworth • Hicklin • Jameson • Layton • Moore • O'Sullivan • Parkinson • Richardson • Sirica • Stanley • Thompson • Van Pelt • Weber • Whittaker • Wisdom • Zavatt | ||
| 1958 |
Beck • Burke • Carswell • Clayton • Hamlin • Henley • Jertberg • Knoch • Martin • Matthes • Miner • Morrill • Poos • Robson • Stanley • Steel • Stewart • Wollenberg | ||
| 1959 |
Aldrich • Bartels • Blackmun • Boreman • Butler • Castle • Cecil • Crocker • Dalton • Field • Fisher • Forman • Friendly • Hart • Henderson • Henley • Julian • Kalbfleisch • Kilkenny • Koelsch • Kunzel • MacMahon • Merrill • Metzner • Powell • Smith • Sweigert • Walsh • Weick • Weinman • Wood • Worley • Young | ||
| 1960 |
Caffrey • Chilson • Durfee • Hodge • Kaess • Lane • Lewis • Mishler • O'Sullivan • Paul • Smith • Stephenson • Tavares • Timbers | ||
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| 1964 |
Anderson • Bratton • Christie • Collins • Cowen • Davis • Ely • Freedman • Gordon • Higginbotham • McNichols • Muecke • Nichols • Port • Rabinovitz • Robinson • Simons • Suttle • Weber • Whelan • Zampano | ||
| 1965 |
Bryant • Celebrezze • Coffin • Coleman • Collinson • Corcoran • Doyle • Eubanks • Fortas • Frankel • Gasch • Gibson • Gordon • Harris • Hemphill • Hill • Hunter • Landis • Langley • Leventhal • Maxwell • McEntee • Mehrtens • Nichol • Reynolds • Russell • Smith • Tamm • Thornberry • Young | ||
| 1966 |
Ainsworth • Atkins • Boyle • Cabot • Cassibry • Copple • Craven • Cummings • Dyer • Fairchild • Feinberg • Ferguson • Fullam • Garrity • Godbold • Goldberg • Goodwin • Gray • Guinn • Harvey • Hauk • Heaney • Heebe • Hickey • Hogan • Kaufman • Kinneary • Krentzman • Lay • Leddy • Lord • Lynch • MacKenzie • Mansfield • McCree • McRae • Mitchell • Motley • Napoli • Nichols • Noland • Peck II • Peckham • Pettine • Pittman • Porter • Real • Roberts • Robinson • Robinson • Rubin • Russell • Scott • Seals • Seitz • Simpson • Singleton • Skelton • Smith • Smith • Taylor • Thomas • von der Heydt • Watson • Winter • Wise | ||
| 1967 |
Arnow • Beckworth • Belloni • Butzner • Cancio • Carter • Clayton • Combs • Comiskey • Curtin • Eaton • Edenfield • Fernandez-Badillo • Gesell • Gordon • Jones • Keith • Kellam • Lambros • Maletz • Marshall • Masterson • Merhige • Morgan • Murray • Neville • Pollack • Pregerson • Theis • Troutman • Van Dusen • Waddy • Weiner • Weinstein • Whipple • Williams | ||
| 1968 |
Aldisert • Baldwin • Bownes • Bright • Green • Gubow • Henderson • Holloway • Hufstedler • Judd • Justice • Keady • Kerner, Jr. • Lasker • Latchum • Lawrence • McMillan • Morgan • Newman • Nixon • Pratt • Re • Rosenstein • Schwartz • Smith • Stahl • Travia • Woodward | ||
