Thomas Davis (Georgia federal judge)
Thomas Hoyt Davis (1892-1969) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
Davis was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on January 3, 1945, to a seat vacated by Bascom Sine Deaver; he was confirmed by the Senate on January 29, 1945, and received commission on January 30th. He served as chief judge from 1949 until he assumed senior status on June 30, 1961. He served until his death on May 19, 1969. Davis was succeeded in this position by James Robert Elliott.
Early life and education
- Mercer University, A.B., 1913
- Read law, 1916
Professional career
- Private practice, Georgia, 1916-1926
- State solicitor general, Cordele Judicial Circuit, Georgia, 1927-1933
- U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, 1933-1945
Judicial career
Middle District of Georgia
Davis was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on January 3, 1945, to a seat vacated by Bascom Sine Deaver; he was confirmed by the Senate on January 29, 1945, and received commission on January 30th. He served as chief judge from 1949 until he assumed senior status on June 30, 1961.[1] He served until his death on May 19, 1969. Davis was succeeded in this position by James Robert Elliott.
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
- ↑ Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Bascom Sine Deaver |
Middle District of Georgia 1945–1961 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: James Robert Elliott
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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 | |||
