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Francis Kerschner Myers
Francis Kerschner Myers (1874-1940) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina.
He was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on June 6, 1934 to replace Ernest Ford Cochran. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 9th, and received commission on June 14th. He served until his death on August 2, 1940. Myers was succeeded in this position by Julius Waring.
Early life and education
- Read law, 1896
Professional career
- Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina, 1896-1908
- Law clerk and court reporter, Charleston Circuit Court, South Carolina, 1898-1908
- Master in equity, Charleston County Court of Equity, South Carolina, 1908-1934
Judicial nominations and appointments
District of South Carolina
Myers was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on June 6, 1934 to replace Ernest Ford Cochran.[1] He was confirmed by the Senate on June 9th, and received commission on June 14th. He served until his death on August 2, 1940. Myers was succeeded in this position by Julius Waring.
External links
- Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
- ↑ Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Ernest Ford Cochran |
District of South Carolina 1934–1940 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Julius Waring
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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: Timothy M. Cain • David Norton (South Carolina judge) • Bruce Hendricks • Richard Mark Gergel • Mary Geiger Lewis • Jacquelyn Austin • Donald Coggins Jr. • Sherri Lydon • Joseph Dawson (South Carolina) | ||
| Senior judges |
Joseph Anderson • Henry Herlong • Cameron Currie • Terry Wooten • Robert Harwell • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Robert Buchanan • Paige Jones Gossett • Thomas Rogers • Shiva Hodges • Kevin McDonald (South Carolina) • Kaymani West • Mary Gordon Baker • Molly Cherry • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Thomas Bee • William Drayton • John Drayton • Thomas Lee • Robert Budd Gilchrist • Andrew Gordon Magrath • George Seabrook Bryan • William Hiram Brawley • Clyde Hamilton • William Traxler • Dennis Shedd • Charles Henry Simonton • Henry Augustus Middleton Smith • Joseph Travis Johnson • George Anderson • Patrick Duffy • Margaret Seymour • Henry Floyd • Henry Hitt Watkins • Ernest Ford Cochran • Robert Chapman • John Lyles Glenn • Francis Kerschner Myers • Charles Wyche • Falcon Hawkins • Robert Hemphill • Donald S. Russell • Charles Simons • Charles Weston Houck • Matthew Perry • George Timmerman • Julius Waring • William Walter Wilkins • Ashton Williams • J. Michelle Childs • James Robert Martin, Jr. • A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr. • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
David Norton (South Carolina judge) • Joseph Anderson • Margaret Seymour • Terry Wooten • Robert Harwell • Falcon Hawkins • Robert Hemphill • Charles Simons • Solomon Blatt • Charles Weston Houck • James Robert Martin, Jr. • | ||
