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Maurice Andrews
Maurice Neil Andrews (1894-1967) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Andrews received a recess appointment from President Harry Truman on October 21, 1949, to a new seat created by 63 Stat. 493; he was then nominated on January 5, 1950. He served as chief judge from 1949 until he resigned on October 31, 1950. Andrews was succeeded in this position by William Sloan.
Early life and education
- University of Georgia, LL.B., 1916
Professional career
- U.S. Army Lieutenant, 1917-1919
- U.S. Army Reserve Captain, J.A.G, 1925-1935
- Private practice, Lafayette, Georgia, 1916-1925
- Assistant solicitor general, Rome Circuit, 1925-1929
- Solicitor general, Rome Circuit, 1929-1932
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Georgia, 1934-1938
- Special assistant to Attorney General of the U.S., Anti-Trust Division, 1940-1942
- Chief Trial Section, Criminal Division, 1940-1942
- U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1942-1946
- Staff member of Justice Robert H. Jackson during prosecution of war criminals, Nuremberg, Ger.
Judicial career
Northern District of Georgia
Andrews received a recess appointment from President Harry Truman on October 21, 1949, to a new seat created by 63 Stat. 493;[1] he was then nominated on January 5, 1950. He served as chief judge from 1949 until he resigned on October 31, 1950. Andrews was succeeded in this position by William Sloan.
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
- ↑ Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Northern District of Georgia 1949–1950 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: William Sloan
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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 | |||
