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James Allred
James V. Allred (1899-1959) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
He was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 5, 1939 to a seat created by 52 Stat. 584, 585. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 16th, and received commission on February 23rd. He resigned on May 15, 1942, but was nominated again by President Harry Truman on September 23, 1949. He was nominated to the seat created by 63 Stat. 493. On October 12th, he was confirmed and received commission on October 13th. He served on this court until his death on September 24, 1959.[1] Allred was succeeded in this position by Reynaldo Garza.
Early life and education
- Cumberland University, LL.B., 1921[1]
Professional career
- U.S. Navy, 1918-1919
- Private practice, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1921-1923
- District attorney, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1923-1926
- Private practice, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1926-1931
- State attorney general, Texas, 1931-1935
- State Governor, Texas, 1935-1939
- Candidate for U.S. Senate from Texas, 1942
- Nominated to 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 2/18/1943; Senate failed to act
- Private practice, Houston, Texas, 1943-1949[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Southern District of Texas
Allred was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 5, 1939 to a seat created by 52 Stat. 584, 585. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 16th, and received commission on February 23rd. He resigned on May 15, 1942.Allred was succeeded in this position by Reynaldo Garza. He was nominated again by President Harry Truman on September 23, 1949. He was nominated to the seat created by 63 Stat. 493. On October 12th, he was confirmed and received commission on October 13th. He served on this court until his death on September 24, 1959.[1] Allred was succeeded in this position by Allen Hannay.
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Allred's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Southern District of Texas 1949–1959 Seat #4T |
Succeeded by: Reynaldo Garza |
| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Southern District of Texas 1939–1942 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Allen Hannay
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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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| 1945 |
Burton • Clark • Donovan • Gilliam • Gourley • Holtzoff • Koscinski • Madden • Mathes • Mellott • S. Miller • W. Miller • Mollison • O'Connell • Orr • Prettyman • Rice | ||
| 1946 |
Curran • Driver • Follmer • Harris • Kalodner • Kampf • Keech • Levin • Lynne • McGranery • Murphy • Rodney • Scarlett • Shelbourne • Speakman • Starr • Vinson • Weinberger | ||
| 1947 |
Bryan, Sr. • Christenberry • Clifford • Collet • Dooley • Harper • Howell • Johnson • Jones • Lemmon • Medina • Rayfiel • Ryan • Thomason | ||
| 1948 |
Harper • Henderson • Johnson • Kaufman • Proctor • Rao • Stephens • Tamm | ||
| 1949 |
Allred • Andrews • Bazelon • Borah • Burns • Carter • Clark • Clary • Conger • Connally • Duffy • Erskine • Fahy • Finnegan • Foley • Ford • Gibson • Grim • Hastie • Hatch • Hill • Hooper • Kaufman • Kirkland • Lindley • Matthews • McCarthy • McGohey • McLaughlin • Minton • Murray • Noonan • Pickett • Platt • Pope • Ritter • Russell • Solomon • Sugarman • Swaim • Switzer • Taylor • Tehan • Thornton • Warlick • Washington • Westover • Wright | ||
| 1950 |
Bastian • Byrne, Sr. • Carter • Knous • Marsh • Murphy • Simpson • Staley • Steckler • Strum • Wallace • Weinfeld • Whitehurst • Worley | ||
| 1951 |
Dimock • Edelstein • Hartigan • Hartshorne • Leahy • Lindberg • McNamee • Medina • Modarelli • Murphy • Perry • Rives • Sheehy • Sloan • Stewart • Thomas • Tolin • Youngdahl | ||
| 1952 | |||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Randy Crane • Keith Ellison (Texas) • George Hanks • Jeff Brown (Texas) • Alfred Bennett • Rolando Olvera • Nelva Gonzales Ramos • Marina Garcia Marmolejo • Diana Saldana • Fernando Rodriguez Jr. • David Morales (Texas federal judge) • Charles Eskridge • Drew Tipton • John Kazen | ||
| Senior judges |
Janis Jack • Micaela Alvarez • Lynn Hughes • Andrew Hanen • Melinda Harmon • Ricardo Hinojosa • David Hittner • Kenneth Hoyt (Texas) • Sim Lake • Gray Miller • John Rainey • Lee Rosenthal • Hilda Tagle • Ewing Werlein • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Ronald G. Morgan • J. Scott Hacker • Diana Quiroga • Jason Libby (Texas) • Ignacio Torteya III • Dena Palermo • Juan F. Alanis • Andrew M. Edison • Sam S. Sheldon • Julie Hampton • Christopher dos Santos • Nadia Medrano • Mitchel Neurock • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Samuel Kent • Reynaldo Garza • Waller Thomas Burns (Texas judge) • Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. • Hayden Head • Nancy Atlas • Vanessa Gilmore • Thomas Martin Kennerly • James Allred • Adriana Arce-Flores • John Black (Texas) • Calvin Botley • Brian Owsley • Norman Black • Carl Bue • George Cire • Ben Connally • Finis Cowan • Owen Cox • James DeAnda • Hugh Gibson • Allen Hannay • Joe Ingraham • Gabrielle McDonald • James Noel • Robert O'Conor • Woodrow Seals • John Singleton • Ross Sterling • Filemon Vela (Texas judge) • Gregg Costa • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Reynaldo Garza • Hayden Head • Ricardo Hinojosa • Lee Rosenthal • George Kazen • Norman Black • Ben Connally • James DeAnda • Allen Hannay • John Singleton • | ||
