Alexander Boarman
| Alexander Boarman | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Position: | Seat #1 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | James Garfield |
| Active: | 5/18/1881 - 8/30/1916 |
| Preceded by: | 21 Stat. 507 |
| Succeeded by: | George Whitfield Jack |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1839 |
| Deceased: | 1916 |
| Undergraduate: | University of Kentucky (1860) |
| Law School: | Read Law (1860) |
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Alexander Boarman (1839-1916) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
He was nominated by President James Garfield on May 18, 1881. He was confirmed by the Senate and received commission that same day. He served until his death on August 30, 1916.[1] Boarman was succeeded in this position by George Whitfield Jack.
Early life and education
- Read law, 1860
- University of Kentucky, 1860[1]
Professional career
- Confederate Army, 1861-1865
- Private practice, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1866-1868
- Mayor, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1866-1867
- City attorney, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1868-1872
- U.S. Representative from Louisiana, 1872-1873
- Private practice, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1873-1877
- Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit of Louisiana, 1877-1881[1]
Judicial career
Western District of Louisiana
Boarman was nominated by President James Garfield on May 18, 1881. He was confirmed by the Senate and received commission that same day. He served until his death on August 30, 1916.[1] Boarman was succeeded in this position by George Whitfield Jack.
External links
- Article from the New York Times, published 1891
- Judge Boarman's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Boarman's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Western District of Louisiana 1881–1916 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: George Whitfield Jack |
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| Hayes |
Acheson • Barr • Baxter • Blatchford • Bunn • Butler • Choate • Cox • Davis • Hagner • Hammond • Harlan • Hays • Hunt • James • Key • Lowell • McCormick • McCrary • Morris • Nelson • Turner • Wheeler • Woods | ||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Dee Drell • Patricia Minaldi • Richard Haik • Rebecca Doherty • Maurice Hicks • Robert James • Elizabeth Erny Foote | ||
| Senior judges |
Tucker Melancon • Tom Stagg • Donald Walter • James Trimble • | ||
| Magistrate judges | James Kirk • C. Michael Hill • Kathleen Kay • Karen Hayes • Mark Hornsby • Patrick Hanna • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
John Dick • Thomas Bolling Robertson • Samuel Hadden Harper • Philip Kissick Lawrence • Theodore Howard McCaleb • Henry Boyce • Alexander Boarman • John Duhe • Eugene Davis • George Whitfield Jack • Gaston Porterie • Benjamin Dawkins, Jr. • Benjamin Dawkins, Sr. • Edwin Hunter • F.A. Little • Richard Putnam • Nauman Scott • John Shaw • Earl Veron • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Richard Haik • Tom Stagg • Benjamin Dawkins, Jr. • Benjamin Dawkins, Sr. • Edwin Hunter • F.A. Little • Nauman Scott • John Shaw • | ||
