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Appointment

Court
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Andrew JohnsonDemocratic president
Seat
MSSD0103
Nominated
March 27, 1866
Committee action
Reported (favorably)April 23, 1866
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
May 1, 1866
Commissioned
May 1, 1866
Service ended
Aug. 1, 1891Retirement

Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi Judge May 1, 1866 Aug. 1, 1891 Retirement Andrew Johnson
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi Judge May 1, 1866 Aug. 1, 1891 Retirement Andrew Johnson

Recent judicial activity

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Cases

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Judicial writings

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Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream — not that the judge has written nothing.