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| Thomas Davis | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Position: | Seat #1 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| Active: | 1/30/1945 - 6/30/1961 |
| Chief: | 1949 - 1961 |
| Senior: | 6/30/1961 - 5/19/1969 |
| Preceded by: | Bascom Sine Deaver |
| Succeeded by: | James Robert Elliott |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | July 4, 1892 |
| Home State: | Braselton, GA |
| Deceased: | May 19, 1969 |
| Bachelors: | Mercer U., A.B., 1913 |
| Law School: | Read law 1916 |
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Thomas Hoyt Davis (1892-1969) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
Davis was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on January 3, 1945, to a seat vacated by Bascom Sine Deaver; he was confirmed by the Senate on January 29, 1945, and received commission on January 30th. He served as chief judge from 1949 until he assumed senior status on June 30, 1961. He served until his death on May 19, 1969. Davis was succeeded in this position by James Robert Elliott.
Early life and education
- Mercer University, A.B., 1913
- Read law, 1916
Professional career
- Private practice, Georgia, 1916-1926
- State solicitor general, Cordele Judicial Circuit, Georgia, 1927-1933
- U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, 1933-1945
Judicial career
Middle District of Georgia
Davis was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on January 3, 1945, to a seat vacated by Bascom Sine Deaver; he was confirmed by the Senate on January 29, 1945, and received commission on January 30th. He served as chief judge from 1949 until he assumed senior status on June 30, 1961.[1] He served until his death on May 19, 1969. Davis was succeeded in this position by James Robert Elliott.
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
References
- ↑ Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Bascom Sine Deaver |
Middle District of Georgia 1945–1961 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: James Robert Elliott |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Ashley Royal • Willie Sands • Clay Land • Marc Thomas Treadwell | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Charles Weigle • Thomas Langstaff • M. Stephen Hyles • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Duross Fitzpatrick • Wilbur Owens • Bascom Sine Deaver • William Josiah Tilson • William Bootle • Abraham Conger • Thomas Davis • James Robert Elliott • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Hugh Lawson • Duross Fitzpatrick • Wilbur Owens • Willie Sands • William Bootle • Thomas Davis • James Robert Elliott • | ||
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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 | |||
