Harold DeMoss

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit

Years in office: 2007 - 2015

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Years in office: 1991 - 2007

Education

Bachelor's

Rice Institute, 1952

Law

University of Texas School of Law, 1955

Personal

Birthplace

Houston, TX

Harold R. DeMoss, Jr. was afederal judge with theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. He joined the court on December 2, 1991, after being nominated by PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush (R). He assumedsenior status on July 1, 2007. DeMoss retired from the court on April 16, 2015.^[1]

DeMoss died on April 29, 2020.^[1]

Early life and education

A native ofHouston, Texas, DeMoss graduated from Rice Institute with his bachelor's degree in 1952 and from the University of Texas School of Law with hisLL.B. in 1955.^[1]

Military career

DeMoss served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1957.^[1]

Professional career

• 1957-1991: Private practice,Houston, Texas

Judicial nominations and appointments

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Harold R. DeMoss, Jr.
Court:United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
Progress
Confirmed 153 days after nomination.
ANominated: June 27, 1991
AABA Rating:Unanimously Qualified
Questionnaire:
AHearing: September 26, 1991
QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: October 31, 1991
AConfirmed: November 27, 1991
AVote: Unanimous consent

DeMoss was nominated to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit by PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush on June 27, 1991, to a seat vacated by JudgeJerre Williams. TheAmerican Bar Association rated DeMossUnanimously Qualified for the nomination.^[2] Hearings on DeMoss' nomination were held before theUnited States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 26, 1991, and his nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen.Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on October 31, 1991. DeMoss was confirmed by the unanimous consent of theU.S. Senate on November 27, 1991, and he received his commission on December 2, 1991. DeMoss assumedsenior status on July 1, 2007.^[1][3] DeMoss was succeeded in this position by JudgeCatharina Haynes.

See also

• United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit

External links

• Search Google News for this topic
• Judge DeMoss' biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

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Former judges	John Minor Wisdom  •  Edward Harris  •  Peter Fay  •  John Godbold  •  Robert Lanier Anderson  •  Phyllis Kravitch  •  Gerald Tjoflat  •  Joseph Hatchett  •  Albert Henderson  •  Paul Roney  •  David Dyer  •  Elbert Tuttle  •  Thomas Clark (Eleventh Circuit)  •  Richard Rives  •  Robert Vance  •  Lewis Morgan  •  James Hill (Federal judge)  •  Andrew Phelps McCormick  •  Don Albert Pardee  •  Thomas Reavley  •  John Duhe  •  Harold DeMoss  •  Edward Prado  •  Robert Madden Hill  •  Alvin Rubin  •  Henry Politz  •  Reynaldo Garza  •  Albert Tate, Jr.  •  Jerre Williams  •  Robert Parker  •  Charles Pickering  •  David Davie Shelby  •  Rufus Edward Foster  •  Robert Lynn Batts  •  Nathan Philemon Bryan  •  Edwin Ruthven Holmes  •  Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr.  •  Alexander Campbell King  •  Samuel Hale Sibley  •  Claude Feemster Clayton  •  Richard Wilde Walker  •  Wayne Borah  •  Louie Willard Strum  •  Irving Goldberg  •  Leon McCord  •  Warren Leroy Jones  •  Robert Ainsworth  •  Joe Ingraham  •  William Thornberry  •  George Carswell  •  Curtis Waller  •  Griffin Bell  •  John Robert Brown (Federal judge)  •  Benjamin Cameron  •  James Coleman (federal judge)  •  Thomas Gee  •  Walter Gewin  •  Samuel Johnson  •  Elmo Lee  •  John Bryan Simpson  •  Frank M. Johnson, Jr.  •  Charles Clark (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)  •  Robert Lee Russell (Federal judge)  •  Gregg Costa  •
Former Chief judges	John Godbold  •  Elbert Tuttle  •  Richard Rives  •  Carl Stewart  •  Carolyn King  •  Priscilla Richman  •  Henry Politz  •  Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr.  •  John Robert Brown (Federal judge)  •  James Coleman (federal judge)  •  Charles Clark (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)  •

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