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John Donelson Martin (Federal appeals court judge)

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John Donelson Martin
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Nonpartisan
Prior offices:
United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
Years in office: 1940 - 1962
United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Years in office: 1935 - 1940
Education
Law
University of Virginia School of Law, 1905
Personal
Birthplace
Memphis, TN


John Donelson Martin, Sr. (1883-1962) was afederal judge on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.

Early life and education

  • University of Virginia,LL.B, 1905[1]

Professional career

  • Private practice, Memphis, Tennessee, 1905-1935[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Western District of Tennessee

John Martin previously served on theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

He was nominated by PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt on April 22, 1935 to replaceHarry Bennett Anderson. He was confirmed by the Senate on April 30th, and received commission onMay 3rd. He served on this court untilSeptember 16, 1940.[1] Martin was succeeded in this position byMarion Boyd.

Sixth Circuit

He was nominated by PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt on August 12, 1940 to a seat created by 54 Stat. 219. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 27th, and received commission onSeptember 4th. In 1959, he was the chief judge. He served on this court until his death onApril 2, 1962.[1]

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by:
Harry Bennett Anderson		Western District of Tennessee
1935–1940
Seat #1		Succeeded by:
Marion Boyd
Preceded by:
NA - new seat		Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
1940–1962		Succeeded by:
Harry Phillips


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Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Active judges

Chief Judge: Jeffrey Sutton  •  Raymond Kethledge  •  Amul Thapar  •  Eric Clay  •  Richard Griffin  •  Karen Moore  •  Joan Larsen  •  Stephanie Dawkins Davis  •  John K. Bush  •  John Nalbandian  •  Eric Murphy  •  Chad Readler  •  Andre Mathis  •  Rachel Bloomekatz  •  Kevin Ritz

Senior judges

Helene White  •  Alice Batchelder  •  Ralph Guy  •  James L. Ryan  •  Alan Norris  •  Richard Suhrheinrich  •  Martha Daughtrey  •  David McKeague  •  Deborah Cook  •  Julia Gibbons  •  John M. Rogers (Sixth Circuit)  •  Ronald Gilman  •  Danny Boggs  •  R. Guy Cole  •  Eugene Siler  •  Jane Stranch  •  

Former judgesDamon Keith  •  Bernice Donald  •  Gilbert Merritt  •  Cornelia Kennedy  •  Boyce Martin  •  Julian William Mack  •  Harry Wellford  •  Robert Krupansky  •  Leroy Contie  •  Herbert Milburn  •  Albert Engel  •  Pierce Lively  •  Halmer Hull Emmons  •  John Baxter  •  William E. Miller  •  Howell Edmunds Jackson  •  William Howard Taft  •  Horace Harmon Lurton  •  Henry Franklin Severens  •  William Rufus Day  •  Loyal Edwin Knappen  •  John Kelvey Richards  •  Arthur Carter Denison  •  John Wesley Warrington  •  Maurice Donahue  •  John Weld Peck  •  Smith Hickenlooper  •  Xenophon Hicks  •  Charles Casper Simons  •  Charles Harwood Moorman  •  Florence Ellinwood Allen  •  Elwood Hamilton  •  John Donelson Martin (Federal appeals court judge)  •  Herschel Arant  •  Shackelford Miller  •  Wade Hampton McCree, Jr.  •  Henry Brooks  •  Clifford O'Sullivan  •  Paul Weick  •  Lester Cecil  •  John Peck II  •  Bailey Brown  •  Anthony Celebrezze  •  Bertram Combs  •  George Edwards (Sixth Circuit)  •  Thomas McAllister  •  Nathaniel Jones (federal judge)  •  Susan Neilson  •  Harry Phillips  •  David Aldrich Nelson  •  
Former Chief judges

Alice Batchelder  •  Gilbert Merritt  •  Boyce Martin  •  Danny Boggs  •  Albert Engel  •  Pierce Lively  •  R. Guy Cole  •  Xenophon Hicks  •  Charles Casper Simons  •  Florence Ellinwood Allen  •  John Donelson Martin (Federal appeals court judge)  •  Shackelford Miller  •  Paul Weick  •  Lester Cecil  •  George Edwards (Sixth Circuit)  •  Thomas McAllister  •  Harry Phillips  •  


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Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Active judges

Chief Judge: Sheryl H. Lipman  •  Stanley Anderson  •  Mark Norris  •  Thomas Parker (Tennessee)

Senior judges

Jon McCalla  •  James Dale Todd  •  Samuel Mays  •  J. Daniel Breen  •  John T. Fowlkes  •  

Magistrate judgesTu Pham  •  Edward Bryant  •  Charmiane Claxton  •  John York (Federal magistrate judge)  •  Annie Christoff  •  
Former Article III judges

Bernice Donald  •  John McNairy  •  Morgan Welles Brown  •  Julia Gibbons  •  Harry Wellford  •  West Hughes Humphreys  •  Connally Findlay Trigg  •  Eli Shelby Hammond  •  John Ethridge McCall  •  John William Ross  •  Harry Bennett Anderson  •  John Donelson Martin (Federal appeals court judge)  •  Marion Boyd  •  Bailey Brown  •  Odell Horton  •  Robert McRae  •  Jerome Turner (Tennessee)  •  

Former Chief judges

Jon McCalla  •  James Dale Todd  •  J. Daniel Breen  •  Stanley Anderson  •  Julia Gibbons  •  Marion Boyd  •  Bailey Brown  •  Odell Horton  •  Robert McRae  •  


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Federal judges nominated byFranklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1940)
1933

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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

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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
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Bone •Connor •Graven •Hutcheson •Kennedy •LaBuy •O'Connell •Schweinhaut •Shaw

1945

Brown •Davis •Foley •Laws •Ridge