Thomas Whitfield Davidson

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Thomas Whitfield Davidson (1876-1974) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

He was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on January 22, 1936 to replace Edward Roscoe Meek. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 30th, and received commission on February 5th. From 1954 to 1959, he was the chief judge. On November 1, 1965, he assumed senior status and continued to serve in this capacity until his death on January 26, 1974.

Education

Read law, 1903

Professional career

Private practice, Marshall, Texas, 1903-1907
City attorney, Marshall, Texas, 1907-1914
Private practice, Dallas, Texas, 1914-1920
Texas state senator, 1920-1922
State lieutenant governor, Texas, 1922-1924
Private practice, Dallas, Texas, 1924-1936

External links

Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.

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	v • d • e Federal judges nominated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1940)
1933	Bell • Bratton • Donohoe • FitzHenry • Garrecht • Keefe • Ragon • Stone • Woodrough
1934	Allen • Bowen • Holly • Hulbert • Long • Major • Myers • Rippey • Sullivan
1935	Baldwin • Denman • Faris • Ford • Hamilton • Haney • Holmes • Mahoney • Martin • Mathews • McDuffie • Moore • Roche • Stephens • Stephens • Sweeney • Yankwich
1936	Abruzzo • Clancy • Davidson • Davis • Holland • Lederle • Leibell • Ling • Mandelbaum • Maris • Pollard • Thomas • Underwood
1937	Adair • Biggs • Black • Burke • Collet • Druffel • Edgerton • Groner • Healy • Jackson • Jenney • Kloeb • Major • McColloch • Miller • Mize • Murrah • Rice • Stephens • Sullivan • Swinford • Treanor • Trimble • Vinson • Watkins • Williams • Wyche
1938	Clark • Conger • Ford • Hamilton • Laws • Maris • McCord • Murphree • Reed
1939	Allred • Arant • Beaumont • Biddle • Black • Clark • Darr • Davies • Dobie • Douglas • Duffy • Frankfurter • Goldsborough • Huxman • Igoe • Jones • Kalodner • Kerner, Sr. • Lemley • Lumpkin • Magruder • Miller • Morris • Picard • Porterie • Roberts • Rutledge • Walker • Welsh • Whaley • Whitaker • Wilkin
1940	Bard • Barksdale • Boyd • Broaddus • Caillouet • Campbell • Dobie • Ganey • Goodrich • Harrison • Hartigan • Johnsen • Jones • Leamy • Mahoney • Martin • Murphy • Murrah • O'Connor • Oliver • Pine • Russell • Savage • Schwellenbach • Walker • Waller

	v • d • e Federal judges nominated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1941-1945)
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	Brown • Davis • Foley • Laws • Ridge

	v • d • e Federal judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Active judges	Fitzwater • Boyle • Cummings • Godbey • Kinkeade • Lindsay • Lynn • Means • O'Connor • Robinson • Solis
Senior judges	Fish • Maloney
Magistrate judges	Sanderson • Averitte • Kaplan • Bleil • Stickney • Koenig • Ramirez • Lane • Roach
Former judges	Atwell • Belew • Brewster • Buchmeyer • Davidson • Dooley • Estes • Higginbotham • Hill • Hughes • Kendall • Mahon • McBryde • McCormick • Meek • Porter • Rector • Sanders • Taylor • Wilson • Woodward