Wayne Borah
Wayne G. Borah (1891-1966) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
Early life and education
- Louisiana State University, LL.B., 1915[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1915-1917
- U.S. Army, 1917-1919
- Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1919-1923
- Assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1923-1925
- U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1925-1928[1]
Judicial career
Fifth Circuit
Borah was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit by President Harry Truman on October 15, 1949 to replace Elmo Lee. He was confirmed by the Senate on October 19, 1949, and received commission on October 21st. On December 31, 1956, he assumed senior status. He served in this capacity until his death on February 6, 1966.[1]
Eastern District of Louisiana
Borah was previously a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
He received a recess appointment from President Calvin Coolidge on October 3, 1928 to replace Louis Henry Burns. On December 6, 1928, he was nominated. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 17, 1928, and received commission that same day. He served on this court until October 23, 1949, when he was appointed to the Fifth Circuit.[1] Borah was succeeded in this position by James Wright.
External links
- Biography 2 from the Federal Judicial Center.
- Biography and papers from the Manuscript Reading Room.
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Borah's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Louis Henry Burns |
Eastern District of Louisiana 1928–1949 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: James Wright |
| Preceded by: Elmo Lee |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1949–1966 |
Succeeded by: John Minor Wisdom
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Jennifer Elrod • Don Willett • James Graves • Carl Stewart • Edith Jones • Leslie Southwick • Priscilla Richman • Catharina Haynes • Jerry Edwin Smith (Fifth Circuit) • Kurt Engelhardt • Irma Ramirez • Stephen Higginson • Cory Wilson • Stuart Kyle Duncan • James Ho • Andrew Oldham • Dana Douglas | ||
| Senior judges |
James Dennis • Carolyn King • Patrick Higginbotham • John Duhe • Edith Clement • Fortunato Benavides • Jacques Wiener • W. Eugene Davis • Grady Jolly • Rhesa Barksdale • | ||
| Former judges | John Minor Wisdom • Edward Harris • Peter Fay • John Godbold • Robert Lanier Anderson • Phyllis Kravitch • Gerald Tjoflat • Joseph Hatchett • Albert Henderson • Paul Roney • David Dyer • Elbert Tuttle • Thomas Clark (Eleventh Circuit) • Richard Rives • Robert Vance • Lewis Morgan • James Hill (Federal judge) • Andrew Phelps McCormick • Don Albert Pardee • Thomas Reavley • Harold DeMoss • Edward Prado • Robert Madden Hill • Alvin Rubin • Henry Politz • Reynaldo Garza • Albert Tate, Jr. • Jerre Williams • Robert Parker • Charles Pickering • David Davie Shelby • Rufus Edward Foster • Robert Lynn Batts • Nathan Philemon Bryan • Edwin Ruthven Holmes • Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. • Alexander Campbell King • Samuel Hale Sibley • Claude Feemster Clayton • Richard Wilde Walker • Wayne Borah • Louie Willard Strum • Irving Goldberg • Leon McCord • Warren Leroy Jones • Robert Ainsworth • Joe Ingraham • William Thornberry • George Carswell • Curtis Waller • Griffin Bell • John Robert Brown (Federal judge) • Benjamin Cameron • James Coleman (federal judge) • Thomas Gee • Walter Gewin • Samuel Johnson • Elmo Lee • John Bryan Simpson • Frank M. Johnson, Jr. • Charles Clark (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit) • Robert Lee Russell (Federal judge) • Gregg Costa • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
John Godbold • Elbert Tuttle • Richard Rives • Carl Stewart • Carolyn King • Priscilla Richman • Henry Politz • Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. • John Robert Brown (Federal judge) • James Coleman (federal judge) • Charles Clark (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit) • | ||
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| 1923 | |||
| 1924 |
Boynton • Davis • Dawkins, Sr. • Graham • Hand • Jones • Kennamer • Kerrigan • Martin • McCormick • Moorman • Pray • Young | ||
| 1925 |
A. Anderson • H. Anderson • Baltzell • Beattie • Booth • Burns • Clark • Dawson • Foster • Henning • Hough • Johnson • McCamant • Meekins • Molyneaux • Moorman • Moscowitz • Otis • Parker • Raymond • Sanborn • Slick • St. Sure • Stone • Thacher • Van Valkenburgh | ||
| 1926 | |||
| 1927 |
Adler • Bryant • F. Coleman • W. Coleman • Hand • Hayes • Kirkpatrick • Letts • McNary • Moinet • Northcott • Tilson • Wham | ||
| 1928 |
Borah • Burrows • Cline • Cotteral • Deaver • Dewey • Gordon • Green • Hahn • Hickenlooper • Hicks • Louderback • Martineau • McCarthy • McDermott • McVicar • Norcross • Sinnott • Taylor • Tilson • Vaught • West | ||
| 1929 |
Akerman • Chase • Cox • Fake • Garrett • Nevin • Ritter • Woodward | ||
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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 | |||
