Marion Boyd
| Marion Boyd | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee | |
| Title: | Former Federal Judge |
| Position: | Seat #1 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Active: | 9/27/1940 - 8/1/1966 |
| Chief: | 1961 - 1966 |
| Senior: | 8/1/1966 - 1/9/1988 |
| Preceded by: | John Donelson Martin |
| Succeeded by: | Robert McRae |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | September 12, 1900 |
| Home State: | Covington, TN |
| Deceased: | January 9, 1988 |
| Law School: | U. of Tennessee College of Law, LL.B., 1921 |
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Marion Speed Boyd (September 12, 1900-January 9, 1988) was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee from 1940-1988.
He was nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on September 13, 1940, to the seat vacated by John Donelson Martin. The U.S. Senate confirmed him on September 18, 1940 and he was commissioned on September 27th of that year.
Boyd was the Chief Judge of the Western District of Tennessee from 1961-1966. He assumed senior status on August 1, 1966 and his service terminated on January 9, 1988 with his death. [1] Boyd was succeeded in this position by Robert McRae.
Early life and education
- University of Tennessee College of Law, LL.B., 1921[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Memphis, Tennessee, 1921-
- Member, Tennessee House of Representatives, 1925-1927
- Assistant state attorney general of Shelby County, Tennessee, 1927-1935
- Member, Tennessee State Senate, 1935
- Referee in Bankruptcy, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, 1935-1937
- Judge, City Court of Memphis, 1937-1938
- State attorney general of Shelby County, Tennessee, 1940-1961[1]
Judicial career
Western District of Tennessee
Boyd was nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on September 13, 1940, to the seat vacated by John Donelson Martin. The U.S. Senate confirmed him on September 18, 1940 and he was commissioned on September 27th of that year.
Boyd was the Chief Judge of the Western District of Tennessee from 1961-1966. He assumed senior status on August 1, 1966 and his service terminated on January 9, 1988 with his death. [1] Boyd was succeeded in this position by Robert McRae.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Marion Boyd's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: John Donelson Martin |
Western District of Tennessee 1940–1966 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Robert McRae |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Jon McCalla • Samuel Mays • Daniel Breen • Stanley Anderson • John T. Fowlkes | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Diane Vescovo • Tu Pham • Edward Bryant • Charmiane Claxton • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Bernice Donald • John McNairy • Morgan Welles Brown • Julia Gibbons • Harry Wellford • West Hughes Humphreys • Connally Findlay Trigg • Eli Shelby Hammond • John Ethridge McCall • John William Ross • Harry Bennett Anderson • John Donelson Martin • Marion Boyd • Bailey Brown • Odell Horton • Robert McRae • Jerome Turner • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
James D. Todd • Julia Gibbons • Marion Boyd • Bailey Brown • Odell Horton • Robert McRae • | ||
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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 | ||
| 1945 | |||
