Benjamin Horsley Littleton

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Benjamin Horsley Littleton

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Nonpartisan

Prior offices
U.S. Court of Claims

Personal
Birthplace
Weatherford, Texas

Benjamin Horsley Littleton (1889-1966) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Claims.

Littleton was nominated to the Court of Claims by President Herbert Hoover. He was commissioned on November 6, 1929. He assumed senior status on October 31, 1958 and served in that capacity until his death on July 6, 1966.[1]

Education

  • Cumberland University, LL.B., 1914

Professional career

  • Private practice, 1914-1918
  • Assistant U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1918-1921
  • Special attorney, Office of the General Counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, 1921-1924
  • Member, Board of Wax Appeals, 1924-1927
  • Chairman, Board of Wax Appeals, 1927-1929

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