George Caldwell Taylor

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Years in office: 1949 - 1952

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Years in office: 1928 - 1949

Education

Bachelor's

Tusculum College, 1906

Law

University of Tennessee College of Law, 1908

Personal

Birthplace

Tennessee

George Caldwell Taylor (1885-1952) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

He was nominated by PresidentCalvin Coolidge on May 24, 1928 to replaceXenophon Hicks. He was confirmed by the Senate onMay 26, 1928 and received commission that same day. From 1948 to 1949, he was thechief judge. He assumedsenior status onNovember 24, 1949 and continued to serve in this capacity until his death onDecember 19, 1952.^[1] Taylor was succeeded in this position byRobert Taylor.

Early life and education

• Tusculum College, A.B., 1906
• University of Tennessee College of Law, LL.B., 1908^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Rockwood, Tennessee, 1908-1911
• Secretary to Governor of Tennessee, 1911-1913
• Private practice, Greenville, Tennessee, 1913-1921
• U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1921-1928^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Eastern District of Tennessee

Taylor was nominated by PresidentCalvin Coolidge on May 24, 1928 to replaceXenophon Hicks. He was confirmed by the Senate onMay 26, 1928 and received commission that same day. From 1948 to 1949, he was thechief judge. He assumedsenior status onNovember 24, 1949 and continued to serve in this capacity until his death onDecember 19, 1952.^[1] Taylor was succeeded in this position byRobert Taylor.

External links

• George Caldwell Taylor's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byCalvin Coolidge
1923	Cochran
1924	Boynton •Davis •Dawkins, Sr. •Graham •Hand •Jones •Kennamer •Kerrigan •Martin •McCormick •Moorman •Pray •Young
1925	A. Anderson •H. Anderson •Baltzell •Beattie •Booth •Burns •Clark •Dawson •Foster •Henning •Hough •Johnson •McCamant •Meekins •Molyneaux •Moorman •Moscowitz •Otis •Parker •Raymond •Sanborn •Slick •St. Sure •Stone •Thacher • Van Valkenburgh
1926	Cavanah •Dietrich •Moss •Swan •Tilson
1927	Adler •Bryant •F. Coleman •W. Coleman •Hand •Hayes •Kirkpatrick •Letts •McNary •Moinet •Northcott •Tilson •Wham
1928	Borah •Burrows •Cline •Cotteral •Deaver •Dewey •Gordon •Green •Hahn •Hickenlooper •Hicks •Louderback •Martineau •McCarthy •McDermott •McVicar •Norcross •Sinnott •Taylor •Tilson •Vaught •West
1929	Akerman •Chase •Cox •Fake •Garrett •Nevin •Ritter •Woodward

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Active judges	Chief Judge: Travis Randall McDonough  •  Thomas Varlan  •  Clifton L. Corker  •  Charles Atchley  •  Katherine Crytzer
Senior judges	Curtis Collier  •  Robert Leon Jordan  •  J. Ronnie Greer (Federal Judge)  •  Thomas W. Phillips  •  Robert Allan Edgar (Tennessee)  •
Magistrate judges	Susan K. Lee (Tennessee)  •  Christopher H. Steger  •  Cynthia Wyrick  •  Debra Poplin  •  Jill McCook  •
Former Article III judges	Harry Mattice  •  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 (Tennessee)  •  Charles Neese  •  Robert Taylor (Federal judge)  •  Pamela L. Reeves  •
Former Chief judges