Marion Boyd
Marion Speed Boyd (September 12, 1900-January 9, 1988) was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee from 1940-1988.
He was nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on September 13, 1940, to the seat vacated by John Donelson Martin. The U.S. Senate confirmed him on September 18, 1940 and he was commissioned on September 27th of that year.
Boyd was the Chief Judge of the Western District of Tennessee from 1961-1966. He assumed senior status on August 1, 1966 and his service terminated on January 9, 1988 with his death.[1] Boyd was succeeded in this position by Robert McRae.
Early life and education
- University of Tennessee College of Law, LL.B., 1921[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Memphis, Tennessee, 1921-
- Member, Tennessee House of Representatives, 1925-1927
- Assistant state attorney general of Shelby County, Tennessee, 1927-1935
- Member, Tennessee State Senate, 1935
- Referee in Bankruptcy, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, 1935-1937
- Judge, City Court of Memphis, 1937-1938
- State attorney general of Shelby County, Tennessee, 1940-1961[1]
Judicial career
Western District of Tennessee
Boyd was nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on September 13, 1940, to the seat vacated by John Donelson Martin. The U.S. Senate confirmed him on September 18, 1940 and he was commissioned on September 27th of that year.
Boyd was the Chief Judge of the Western District of Tennessee from 1961-1966. He assumed senior status on August 1, 1966 and his service terminated on January 9, 1988 with his death.[1] Boyd was succeeded in this position by Robert McRae.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Marion Boyd's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: John Donelson Martin |
Western District of Tennessee 1940–1966 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Robert McRae
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| 1933 |
Bell • Bratton • Donohoe • FitzHenry • Garrecht • Keefe • Ragon • Stone • Woodrough | ||
| 1934 |
Allen • Bowen • Holly • Hulbert • Long • Major • Myers • Rippey • Sullivan | ||
| 1935 |
Baldwin • Denman • Faris • Ford • Hamilton • Haney • Holmes • Mahoney • Martin • Mathews • McDuffie • Moore • Roche • A. L. Stephens • H. M. Stephens • Sweeney • Yankwich | ||
| 1936 |
Abruzzo • Clancy • Davidson • Davis • Holland • Lederle • Leibell • Ling • Mandelbaum • Maris • Pollard • Thomas • Underwood | ||
| 1937 |
Adair • Biggs • Black • Burke • Collet • Druffel • Edgerton • Groner • Healy • Jackson • Jenney • Kloeb • Major • McColloch • Miller • Mize • Murrah • Rice • Stephens • Sullivan • Swinford • Treanor • Trimble • Vinson • Watkins • Williams • Wyche | ||
| 1938 |
Clark • Conger • Ford • Hamilton • Laws • Maris • McCord • Murphree • Reed | ||
| 1939 |
Allred • Arant • Beaumont • Biddle • Black • Clark • Darr • Davies • Dobie • Douglas • Duffy • Frankfurter • Goldsborough • Huxman • Igoe • Jones • Kalodner • Kerner, Sr. • Lemley • Lumpkin • Magruder • Miller • Morris • Picard • Porterie • Roberts • Rutledge • Walker • Welsh • Whaley • Whitaker • Wilkin | ||
| 1940 |
Bard • Barker • Barksdale • Boyd • Broaddus • Caillouet • Campbell • Dobie • Ganey • Goodrich • Harrison • Hartigan • Johnsen • Jones • Leamy • Mahoney • Martin • Murphy • Murrah • O'Connor • Oliver • Pine • Russell • Savage • Schwellenbach • Walker • Waller | ||
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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 | |||
