Heartsill Ragon

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas

Years in office: 1933 - 1940

Education

Law

Washington and Lee University, 1908

Personal

Birthplace

Arkansas

Heartsill Ragon (1885-1940) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.

He was nominated by PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt on May 12, 1933 to replaceFrank Youmans. He was confirmed by the Senate that same day, and received commission onMay 17th. He served on this court until his death onSeptember 15, 1940. Ragon was succeeded in this position byJohn Elvis Miller.

Early life and education

• Washington and Lee University, LL.B., 1908

Professional career

• Private practice, Clarksville, Arkansas, 1908-1923
• Arkansas state representative, 1911-1913
• District attorney, Clarksville, Arkansas, 1916-1920
• U.S. Representative from Arkansas, 1923-1933

Judicial nominations and appointments

Eastern District of Arkansas

Ragon was nominated by PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt on May 12, 1933 to replaceFrank Youmans.^[1] He was confirmed by the Senate that same day, and received commission onMay 17th. He served on this court until his death onSeptember 15, 1940. Ragon was succeeded in this position byJohn Elvis Miller.

External links

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

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

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
Active judges	Chief Judge: Susan Hickey  •  Timothy Brooks (Arkansas)
Senior judges	Jimm Hendren  •  Robert Dawson (Arkansas)  •  Paul K. Holmes  •
Magistrate judges	Barry Bryant  •  Erin Wiedemann  •  Mark E. Ford  •  Christy Comstock  •
Former Article III judges	Harry Barnes  •  Richard Arnold (Arkansas)  •  Terry Shell  •  Morris Arnold  •  Daniel Ringo  •  Hugh Waters  •  Henry Clay Caldwell  •  Isaac Charles Parker  •  William Story  •  John Henry Rogers  •  Frank Youmans  •  Heartsill Ragon  •  Harry Lemley  •  John Elvis Miller  •  Oren Harris  •  Jesse Henley  •  Susan Webber Wright  •  George Howard  •  Elsijane Roy  •  Paul Williams (Arkansas)  •  Paul K. Holmes  •
Former Chief judges	Jimm Hendren  •  Hugh Waters  •  Harry Lemley  •  John Elvis Miller  •  Oren Harris  •  Paul Williams (Arkansas)  •  Paul K. Holmes  •