Francis Kerschner Myers
| Francis Kerschner Myers | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Position: | Seat #1 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| Active: | 6/14/1934 - 8/2/1940 |
| Preceded by: | Ernest Ford Cochran |
| Succeeded by: | Julius Waring |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1874 |
| Deceased: | 1940 |
| Law School: | Read Law (1896) |
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Francis Kerschner Myers (1874-1940) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina.
He was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on June 6, 1934 to replace Ernest Ford Cochran. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 9th, and received commission on June 14th. He served until his death on August 2, 1940. Myers was succeeded in this position by Julius Waring.
Early life and education
- Read law, 1896
Professional career
- Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina, 1896-1908
- Law clerk and court reporter, Charleston Circuit Court, South Carolina, 1898-1908
- Master in equity, Charleston County Court of Equity, South Carolina, 1908-1934
Judicial career
District of South Carolina
Myers was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on June 6, 1934 to replace Ernest Ford Cochran.[1] He was confirmed by the Senate on June 9th, and received commission on June 14th. He served until his death on August 2, 1940. Myers was succeeded in this position by Julius Waring.
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
References
- ↑ Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Ernest Ford Cochran |
District of South Carolina 1934–1940 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Julius Waring |
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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 | ||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Terry Wooten • David Norton • Joseph Anderson • Cameron Currie • Robert Harwell • Timothy M. Cain • J. Michelle Childs • Richard Mark Gergel • Mary Geiger Lewis | ||
| Senior judges |
George Anderson • Henry Herlong • Patrick Duffy • Margaret Seymour • Solomon Blatt • Charles Weston Houck • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Robert Buchanan • Paige Jones Gossett • Bruce Hendricks • Bristow Marchant • Thomas Rogers • Shiva Hodges • Kevin McDonald • Jacquelyn Austin • Kaymani West • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Thomas Bee • William Drayton • John Drayton • Thomas Lee • Robert Budd Gilchrist • Andrew Gordon Magrath • George Seabrook Bryan • William Hiram Brawley • Clyde Hamilton • William Traxler • Dennis Shedd • Charles Henry Simonton • Henry Augustus Middleton Smith • Joseph Travis Johnson • Henry Floyd • Henry Hitt Watkins • Ernest Ford Cochran • Robert Chapman • John Lyles Glenn • Francis Kerschner Myers • Charles Wyche • Falcon Hawkins • Robert Hemphill • Donald Russell • Charles Simons • Matthew Perry • George Timmerman • Julius Waring • William Walter Wilkins • Ashton Williams • James Robert Martin, Jr. • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
David Norton • Joseph Anderson • Margaret Seymour • Falcon Hawkins • Robert Hemphill • Charles Simons • Solomon Blatt • Charles Weston Houck • James Robert Martin, Jr. • | ||
