Alfred Barksdale

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Years in office: 1957 - 1972

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Years in office: 1940 - 1957

Education

Bachelor's

Virginia Military Institute, 1911

Law

University of Virginia School of Law, 1915

Personal

Birthplace

Virginia

Alfred Dickinson Barksdale (1892-1972) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.^[1]

Barksdale received arecess appointment from PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt on December 19, 1939, to a seat vacated byArmistead Dobie; he was nominated on January 11, 1940, confirmed by the Senate on February 1, and received his commission onFebruary 5. He assumedsenior status onAugust 1, 1957, and served in that capacity until his death onAugust 16, 1972.^[1] Barksdale was succeeded in this position byRoby Thompson.

Early life and education

• Virginia Military Institute, B.S., 1911
• University of Virginia School of Law, LL.B., 1915^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1915-1916
• U.S. Army, 1916-1922
• Private practice, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1922-1938
• Judge, 6th Judicial Circuit of Virginia, 1938-1940^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Western District of Virginia

Barksdale received arecess appointment from PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt on December 19, 1939, to a seat vacated byArmistead Dobie; he was nominated on January 11, 1940, confirmed by the Senate on February 1, and received his commission onFebruary 5. He assumedsenior status onAugust 1, 1957, and served in that capacity until his death onAugust 16, 1972.^[1] Barksdale was succeeded in this position byRoby Thompson.

External links

• Judge Barksdale's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
Active judges	Chief Judge: Elizabeth K. Dillon  •  Robert Ballou  •  Thomas Cullen (Virginia)  •  Jasmine Yoon
Senior judges	James Jones (Federal judge)  •  Norman Moon  •  Michael Urbanski  •
Magistrate judges	Pamela Sargent  •  Joel C. Hoppe  •
Former Article III judges	John George Jackson  •  Alexander Caldwell  •  Philip Clayton Pendleton  •  Isaac Samuels Pennybacker  •  John White Brockenbrough  •  John Jay Jackson  •  Alexander Rives  •  John Paul  •  Henry Clay McDowell  •  James Turk  •  Jackson Kiser  •  Samuel Wilson  •  Glen Conrad  •  John Paul, Jr.  •  Armistead Dobie  •  Floyd Roberts  •  Alfred Barksdale  •  Ted Dalton  •  James Michael  •  Thomas Michie  •  Roby Thompson  •  Hiram Widener  •  Glen Williams (Virginia)  •
Former Chief judges	James Jones (Federal judge)  •  James Turk  •  Jackson Kiser  •  Samuel Wilson  •  John Paul, Jr.  •  Ted Dalton  •  Roby Thompson  •  Hiram Widener  •  Michael Urbanski  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byFranklin 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 •A. L. Stephens •H. M. 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 •Barker •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 • e Federal judges nominated byFranklin 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