Francis Scarlett

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Years in office: 1968 - 1971

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Years in office: 1946 - 1968

Education

Bachelor's

University of Georgia School of Law, 1913

Personal

Birthplace

Brunswick, GA

Francis Muir Scarlett (1891-1971) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

Scarlett was nominated by PresidentHarry Truman on January 24, 1946, to a seat vacated byArchibald Lovett; he was confirmed by the Senate on February 13, 1946, and received commission onFebruary 14th. He assumedsenior status onAugust 2, 1968, and served in that capacity until his death onNovember 18, 1971. Scarlett was succeeded in this position byAlexander Lawrence.

Early life and education

• University of Georgia School of Law, LL.B., 1913

Professional career

• Private practice, Brunswick, Georgia, 1913-1946
• Solicitor, City Court of Brunswick, Georgia, 1919-1929

Judicial nominations and appointments

Southern District of Georgia

Scarlett was nominated by PresidentHarry Truman on January 24, 1946, to a seat vacated byArchibald Lovett;^[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on February 13, 1946, and received commission onFebruary 14th. He assumedsenior status onAugust 2, 1968, and served in that capacity until his death onNovember 18, 1971. Scarlett was succeeded in this position byAlexander Lawrence.

External links

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
Active judges	Chief Judge: Stan Baker  •  James Randal Hall  •  Lisa Wood
Senior judges	Dudley Bowen  •  William Moore (Georgia)  •
Magistrate judges	Brian K. Epps  •  Christopher Ray  •  Benjamin Cheesbro  •
Former Article III judges	Anthony Alaimo  •  Berry Edenfield  •  John Cochran Nicoll  •  John Erskine  •  Emory Speer  •  Beverly Daniel Evans  •  William Wallace Lambdin  •  William Hale Barrett  •  Alexander Lawrence  •  Archibald Lovett  •  Francis Scarlett  •
Former Chief judges	Anthony Alaimo  •  Berry Edenfield  •  Dudley Bowen  •  William Moore (Georgia)  •  James Randal Hall  •  Lisa Wood  •  Alexander Lawrence  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byHarry Truman
1945	Burton •Clark •Donovan •Gilliam •Gourley •Holtzoff •Koscinski •Madden •Mathes •Mellott •S. Miller •W. Miller •Mollison •O'Connell •Orr •Prettyman •Rice
1946	Curran •Driver •Follmer •Harris •Kalodner •Kampf •Keech •Levin •Lynne •McGranery •Murphy •Rodney •Scarlett •Shelbourne •Speakman •Starr •Vinson •Weinberger
1947	Bryan, Sr. •Christenberry •Clifford •Collet •Dooley •Harper •Howell •Johnson •Jones •Lemmon •Medina •Rayfiel •Ryan • Thomason
1948	Harper •Henderson •Johnson •Kaufman •Proctor •Rao •Stephens •Tamm
1949	Allred •Andrews •Bazelon •Borah •Burns •Carter •Clark •Clary •Conger •Connally •Duffy •Erskine •Fahy •Finnegan •Foley •Ford •Gibson •Grim •Hastie •Hatch •Hill •Hooper •Kaufman •Kirkland •Lindley •Matthews •McCarthy •McGohey •McLaughlin •Minton •Murray •Noonan •Pickett •Platt •Pope •Ritter •Russell •Solomon •Sugarman •Swaim •Switzer •Taylor •Tehan •Thornton •Warlick •Washington •Westover •Wright
1950	Bastian •Byrne, Sr. •Carter •Knous •Marsh •Murphy •Simpson •Staley •Steckler •Strum •Wallace •Weinfeld •Whitehurst •Worley
1951	Dimock •Edelstein •Hartigan •Hartshorne •Leahy •Lindberg •McNamee •Medina •Modarelli •Murphy •Perry •Rives •Sheehy •Sloan •Stewart •Thomas •Tolin •Youngdahl
1952	Cole •Friedman •Williams •