Elmer David Davies
Elmer David Davies (born January 12, 1899 in Magnolia , Arkansas , † January 7, 1957 ) was an American politician and lawyer .
Life
Davies attended Henderson Brown College in Arkadelphia , Arkansas from 1916 to 1918 . He then studied at Vanderbilt University in Nashville , Tennessee and received a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the University's Law School in 1922 . He then practiced as a lawyer in Nashville from 1922 to 1939 . He was also a member of the Tennessee Senate from 1935 to 1939 .
On June 19, 1939, he was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a judge on the United States District Court for the middle district of Tennessee to fill the vacant seat of Judge John J. Gore . On July 12, 1939, Davies was confirmed by the United States Senate. He was sworn in on the same day. From 1954 until his death he was the chief judge of this district. He died on January 7, 1957 of a myocardial infarction .
Web links
- Elmer David Davies in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Individual evidence
- ^ History of the Sixth Circuit: A Bicentennial Project (1977)
- ^ Additional Circuit and District Judges: Hearings Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Improvements in Judicial Machinery, Eighty-Fifth Congress, First Session, on Feb. 20, 21, Mar. 1, July 10, 12, 1957 (1957, United States Government Printing Office )
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| SURNAME | Davies, Elmer David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician and lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magnolia , Arkansas |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 1957 |