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Emett Choate
Emett Clay Choate (1891-1974) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Choate was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on June 22, 1954, to a new seat created by 68 Stat. 8; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 20, 1954, and received his commission that same day. He assumed senior status on January 31, 1965, and served in that capacity until his death on August 14, 1974. Choate was succeeded in this position by William Mehrtens.
Early life and education
- University of Indiana, LL.B., 1914
Professional career
- U.S. Army Major, 1917-1918
- Private practice, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1917-1921
- Private practice, New York City, 1922-1925
- Private practice, Miami, Florida, 1925-1954
Judicial nominations and appointments
Southern District of Florida
Choate was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on June 22, 1954, to a new seat created by 68 Stat. 8; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 20, 1954, and received his commission that same day. He assumed senior status on January 31, 1965, and served in that capacity until his death on August 14, 1974.[1] Choate was succeeded in this position by William Mehrtens.
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center website.
Footnotes
- ↑ Biography from the Federal Judicial Center website.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Southern District of Florida 1954–1965 Seat #5T |
Succeeded by: William Mehrtens
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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 | ||
