George Whitfield Jack
| George Whitfield Jack | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Position: | Seat #1 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Woodrow Wilson |
| Active: | 3/16/1917 - 3/15/1924 |
| Preceded by: | Alexander Boarman |
| Succeeded by: | Benjamin Dawkins, Sr. |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1875 |
| Deceased: | 1924 |
| Bachelors: | Tulane University (1898) |
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George Whitfield Jack (1875-1924) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
He was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on March 6, 1917 to fill the seat vacated by Alexander Boarman. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 16th, and received commission that same day. He served until his death on March 15, 1924.[1] Jack was succeeded in this position by Benjamin Dawkins, Sr..
Early life and education
- Tulane University, LL.B., 1898[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1898-1910
- City attorney, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1910-1913
- U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1913-1917[1]
Judicial career
Western District of Louisiana
Jack was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on March 6, 1917 to fill the seat vacated by Alexander Boarman. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 16th, and received commission that same day. He served until his death on March 15, 1924.[1] Jack was succeeded in this position by Benjamin Dawkins, Sr..
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Jack's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Alexander Boarman |
Western District of Louisiana 1917–1924 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Benjamin Dawkins, Sr. |
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| 1913 |
Bingham • Brown • Call • Campbell • Dooling • Neterer • Rogers • Sawtelle • Sullivan • Thomas • Woods | ||
| 1914 |
Bledsoe • Booth • Clarke • Clayton • Covington • Dickinson • Haight • Hand • McCoy • McReynolds • Siddons • Thomson • Walker • Woolley | ||
| 1915 |
Downey • Howe • Lambdin • Trippet • Wade | ||
| 1916 |
Alschuler • Brandeis • Davis • Evans • Hay • Hitz • Hough • J. Johnson • T. Johnson • Manton • Stone • West • Woodrough | ||
| 1917 |
Adamson • Batts • Ervin • Evans • Jack • C. Johnson • Neblett • Smith • Smyth • Westenhaver | ||
| 1918 |
Anderson • Bailey • English • FitzHenry • Garvin • Holmes • Hutcheson • Knox • Manton • McCoy • Williams | ||
| 1919 |
Donahue • Faris • Graham • Haight • Lynch • Morris • Page • Peck • Sibley • Watkins • Webb • Weller • Wilson | ||
| 1920 | |||
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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 • | ||
