Thomas Hull
| Thomas Hull | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee | |
| Title: | Former Federal Judge |
| Position: | Seat #2 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Ronald Reagan |
| Active: | 11/14/1983 - 10/1/2002 |
| Chief: | 1984 - 1991 |
| Senior: | 10/1/2002 - 7/29/2008 |
| Preceded by: | Frank Wiley Wilson |
| Succeeded by: | Ronnie Greer |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | May 20, 1926 |
| Home State: | Greeneville, TN |
| Law School: | U. of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., 1951 |
| Military service: | U.S. Army Corporal 1944 - 1946 |
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Thomas Gray Hull (1926-2008) was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Hull was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on October 24, 1983, to a seat vacated by Frank Wiley Wilson; he was confirmed by the Senate on November 9, 1983, and received commission on November 14, 1983. From 1984-1991, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on October 1, 2002. He served the Eastern District of Tennessee until his death on July 29, 2008. [1]
Early life and education
- University of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., 1951 [1]
Professional career
- U.S. Army Corporal, 1944-1946
- Private practice, Greeneville, Tennessee, 1951-1972
- Member, Tennessee House of Representatives, 1955-1965
- Chief clerk, Tennessee House of Representatives, 1969-1970
- Judge, 20th Judicial Circuit of Tennessee, 1972-1979
- Legal counsel to Governor Lamar Alexander, Tennessee, 1979-1981
- Private practice, Greeneville, Tennessee, 1981-1982 [1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of Tennessee
Hull was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on October 24, 1983, to a seat vacated by Frank Wiley Wilson; he was confirmed by the Senate on November 9, 1983, and received commission on November 14, 1983. From 1984-1991, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on October 1, 2002. He served the Eastern District of Tennessee until his death on July 29, 2008. [1]
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Thomas Hull's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Frank Wiley Wilson |
Eastern District of Tennessee 1983–2002 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Ronnie Greer |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Thomas Varlan • Curtis Collier • Harry Mattice • Ronnie Greer • Thomas W. Phillips | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Susan K. Lee • William Carter • Dennis Inman • Bruce Guyton • Clifford Shirley • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
John McNairy • Morgan Welles Brown • Herbert Milburn • West Hughes Humphreys • Connally Findlay Trigg • David McKendree Key • Charles Dickens Clark • Edward Terry Sanford • Xenophon Hicks • George Caldwell Taylor • Leslie Darr • Frank Wiley Wilson • Thomas Hull • James Jarvis • Charles Neese • Robert Taylor • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
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