Joseph Chappell Hutcheson
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| Joseph Chappell Hutcheson | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Herbert Hoover |
| Active: | 7/26/1965 - 1/31/1984 |
| Chief: | 1967-1979 |
| Preceded by: | Benjamin Cameron |
| Succeeded by: | William Thornberry |
| Past post: | Southern District of Texas |
| Past term: | 1918 - 1931 |
| Past position: | Seat #1 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1914 |
| Home State: | Mississippi |
| Bachelors: | George Washington University Law School, LL.B., 1939 |
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Joseph Chappell Hutcheson, Jr. (1879-1973) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
He was nominated by President Herbert Hoover on December 20, 1930 to a new seat created by 46 Stat. 538. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 13, 1931, and received commission on January 26th. From 1948-1959, he was chief judge. On November 4, 1964, he assumed senior status. He continued to serve in this capacity until his death on January 18, 1973.[1]
Early life and education
- University of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1900[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Houston, Texas, 1900-1918
- Chief legal adviser, City of Houston, Texas, 1913-1917
- Mayor, City of Houston, Texas, 1917-1918[1]
Judicial career
Southern District of Texas
Hutcheson was previously a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
He was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on March 29, 1918 to replace Waller Thomas Burns. He was confirmed by the Senate on April 6, 1918, and received commission that same day. He served on this court until January 26, 1931, when he was appointed to the Fifth Circuit.[1]
External links
- Biography from The Handbook of Texas Online.
- Judge Hutcheson's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Hutcheson's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Waller Thomas Burns | Southern District of Texas 1918–1931 Seat #1 | Succeeded by: Thomas Martin Kennerly |
| Preceded by: NA - new seat | Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1931–1973 | Succeeded by: William Thornberry |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Ricardo Hinojosa • Micaela Alvarez • Nancy Atlas • Randy Crane • Keith Ellison • Vanessa Gilmore • Lynn Hughes • Andrew Hanen • Melinda Harmon • Kenneth Hoyt • Sim Lake • Gray Miller • Lee Rosenthal • Hilda Tagle • Diana Saldaña • Nelva Gonzales Ramos • Marina Marmolejo • Gregg Costa | ||
| Senior judges |
Janis Jack • Hayden Head • David Hittner • John Rainey • Ewing Werlein • George Kazen • Carl Bue • | ||
| Magistrate judges | George Hanks • Janice Ellington • John Froeschner • Nancy Johnson • Mary Milloy • Peter Ormsby • Brian Owsley • Dorina Ramos • Felix Recio • Stephen Smith • Frances Stacy • Ronald G. Morgan • Guillermo Garcia • J. Scott Hacker • Diana Quiroga • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Samuel Kent • Reynaldo Garza • Waller Thomas Burns • Joseph Chappell Hutcheson • Thomas Martin Kennerly • James Allred • Adriana Arce-Flores • John Black • Calvin Botley • Norman Black • George Cire • Ben Connally • Finis Cowan • Owen Cox • James DeAnda • Hugh Gibson • Allen Hannay • Joe Ingraham • Gabrielle McDonald • James Noel • Robert O'Conor • Woodrow Seals • John Singleton • Ross Sterling • Filemon Vela • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Reynaldo Garza • Hayden Head • George Kazen • Norman Black • Ben Connally • James DeAnda • Allen Hannay • John Singleton • | ||
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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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| 1929 |
Avis • Byers • Caffey • Coxe, Jr. • Galston • Gardner • Glenn • Hopkins • Lenroot • Littleton • McDermott • Phillips • Sparks • Watson • Wheat • Wilbur • Wilson • Williams • Woolsey • Wyman | ||
| 1930 |
Adkins • Bryant • Cosgrave • Cox • Hincks • Hughes • Hutcheson • Luhring • Nields • Patterson • Roberts • Sibley • Thompson • Whaley • Wheat | ||
| 1931 |
Barnes • Chesnut • Evans • Fee • Groner • Hincks • Hitz • Hollzer • Kennamer • Kennerly • Kincheloe • Knight • Letts • McMillan • Morton • Nordbye • O'Brien • O'Donoghue • Paul, Jr. • Proctor • Sames • Sanborn • Sawtelle • Soper • Strum • Underwood • Way | ||
| 1932 |
Briggle • Cardozo • Dallinger • Forman • Johnson • Joyce • McLellan • Simons • Welsh | ||
