Leslie Darr
Leslie Rogers Darr (1886-1967) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
He was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on May 24, 1939 to a seat created by 52 Stat. 584. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 31st, and received commission on June 2nd. He served on the Middle District Court until November 27, 1940. From 1949 to 1961, he was the chief judge of the Eastern District Court. On March 15, 1961, he assumed senior status and continued to serve in this capacity until his death on May 29, 1967.[1] Darr was succeeded in this position by Frank Wiley Wilson.
Early life and education
- Cumberland University, LL.B., 1909[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Jasper, Tennessee, 1910-1926
- Judge, 18th Circuit Court of Tennessee, 1926-1939[1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of Tennessee
Darr was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on May 24, 1939 to a seat created by 52 Stat. 584. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 31st, and received commission on June 2nd. He served on the Middle District Court until November 27, 1940. From 1949 to 1961, he was the chief judge of the Eastern District Court. On March 15, 1961, he assumed senior status and continued to serve in this capacity until his death on May 29, 1967.[1] Darr was succeeded in this position by Frank Wiley Wilson.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Leslie Darr's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Middle District of Tennessee 1939–1940 Seat #1T |
Succeeded by: ' |
| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Eastern District of Tennessee 1939–1961 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Frank Wiley Wilson
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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: William L. Campbell Jr. • Aleta Trauger • Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. • Eli Richardson | ||
| Senior judges |
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| Magistrate judges | Barbara Holmes • Alistair Newbern • Chip Frensley • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Todd Campbell • Thomas Wiseman • John Nixon • Robert Echols • Morgan Welles Brown • West Hughes Humphreys • Connally Findlay Trigg • William E. Miller • David McKendree Key • Charles Dickens Clark • Edward Terry Sanford • John Gore • Xenophon Hicks • Leslie Darr • Elmer Davies • Leland Clure Morton • Thomas Higgins (Tennessee) • Frank Gray • Kevin Hunter Sharp • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Thomas Wiseman • John Nixon • Robert Echols • William E. Miller • Elmer Davies • Leland Clure Morton • Frank Gray • Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. • | ||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Travis Randall McDonough • Thomas Varlan • Clifton L. Corker • Charles Atchley • Katherine Crytzer | ||
| Senior judges |
Curtis Collier • Robert Leon Jordan • J. Ronnie Greer (Federal Judge) • Thomas W. Phillips • Robert Allan Edgar (Tennessee) • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Susan K. Lee (Tennessee) • Christopher H. Steger • Cynthia Wyrick • Debra Poplin • Jill McCook • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Harry Mattice • John McNairy • Morgan Welles Brown • Herbert Milburn • West Hughes Humphreys • Connally Findlay Trigg • David McKendree Key • Charles Dickens Clark • Edward Terry Sanford • Xenophon Hicks • George Caldwell Taylor • Leslie Darr • Frank Wiley Wilson • Thomas Hull • James Jarvis (Tennessee) • Charles Neese • Robert Taylor (Federal judge) • Pamela L. Reeves • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
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