Joseph Dooley
Joseph Brannon Dooley (1889-1967) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Dooley was nominated to the Northern District of Texas by President Harry Truman on January 8, 1947, to a seat vacated by James Wilson; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 8, 1947, and received his commission on July 9th. In 1959 he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on October 1, 1966. He served the Northern District of Texas until his death on January 19, 1967.[1]
Early life and education
- University of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1911[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Amarillo, Texas, 1911-1947
- President, State Bar of Texas, 1944-1945[1]
Judicial career
Northern District of Texas
Dooley was nominated to the Northern District of Texas by President Harry Truman on January 8, 1947, to a seat vacated by James Wilson; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 8, 1947, and received his commission on July 9th. In 1959 he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on October 1, 1966. He served the Northern District of Texas until his death on January 19, 1967.[1]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Dooley's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: James Clifton Wilson |
Northern District of Texas 1947–1966 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Halbert 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 | |||
