Connally Findlay Trigg
| Connally Findlay Trigg | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Position: | Seat #1 |
| Alternative court: | United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Abraham Lincoln |
| Active: | 6/14/1878 - 4/25/1880 |
| Preceded by: | West Hughes Humphreys |
| Succeeded by: | David McKendree Key |
| Past post: | Western District of Tennessee |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1810 |
| Deceased: | 1880 |
| Law School: | Read Law (1833) |
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Connally Findlay Trigg (1810-1880) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee.
He was nominated by President Abraham Lincoln on July 16, 1862. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 17, 1862, and received commission that same day. He served on the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee until June 14, 1878, when he was assigned to another court. He served on the United States District Court for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee until his death on April 25, 1880.[1] Trigg was succeeded in this position by David McKendree Key.
Early life and education
- Read law, 1833[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Abingdon, Virginia, -1856
- Member, Abingdon Town Council, Virginia, 1835-
- Clerk, Washington County Court, Abingdon, Virginia, 1838-1852
- Private practice, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1856-1861[1]
Judicial career
Eastern, Western, and Middle Districts of Tennessee
Trigg was nominated by President Abraham Lincoln on July 16, 1862. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 17, 1862, and received commission that same day. He served on the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee until June 14, 1878, when he was assigned to another court. He served on the United States District Court for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee until his death on April 25, 1880.[1] Trigg was succeeded in this position by David McKendree Key.
External links
- Biography from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Connally Findlay Trigg's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
References
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: West Hughes Humphreys |
Eastern District of Tennessee 1878–1880 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: David McKendree Key |
| Preceded by: West Hughes Humphreys |
Middle District of Tennessee 1878–1880 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: David McKendree Key |
| Preceded by: West Hughes Humphreys |
Western District of Tennessee 1878–1880 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: David McKendree Key |
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| 1861 | |||
| 1862 | |||
| 1863 |
Cartter • Field • Field • Fisher • Olin • Peck • Wilmot • Withey | ||
| 1864 |
Boynton • Busteed • Caldwell • Chase • Delahay • Durell • McDonald • Underwood • White • Wylie | ||
| 1865 | |||
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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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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Todd CampbellChief Judge: William Haynes • Aleta Trauger • Kevin Hunter Sharp | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Juliet Griffin • Clifton Knowles • Joe Brown • John Bryant • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Robert Echols • Morgan Welles Brown • West Hughes Humphreys • Connally Findlay Trigg • William Miller • David McKendree Key • Charles Dickens Clark • Edward Terry Sanford • John Gore • Xenophon Hicks • Leslie Darr • Elmer Davies • Leland Clure Morton • Thomas Higgins • Frank Gray • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Thomas Wiseman • John Nixon • Robert Echols • William Miller • Elmer Davies • Leland Clure Morton • Frank Gray • | ||
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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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- Eastern District of Tennessee, Seat 1
- Middle District of Tennessee, Seat 1
- Western District of Tennessee, Seat 1
- Former federal judge, Western District of Tennessee
- Former federal judge, Middle District of Tennessee
- Former federal judge, Eastern District of Tennessee
- Former federal judge
- Appointed by Abraham Lincoln
- Confirmed 1862
- Read law Alumni
