John Marvin Jones

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States Court of Federal Claims Special Master

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U.S. Court of Claims

Years in office: 1964 - 1976

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Years in office: 1948 - 1964

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Years in office: 1947 - 1948

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Years in office: 1940 - 1947

Personal

Birthplace

Valley View, TX

John Marvin Jones (1886-1976) was afederal judge on theUnited States Court of Claims. He was nominated to the court by PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt onApril 9, 1940, and was confirmed the following day. He received commission on November 20, 1940. He was commissioned aschief justice onJuly 9, 1947, after an appointment byHarry Truman. The following year, he was reassigned as chief judge. He assumedsenior status onJuly 14, 1964, and served in that capacity until his death onMarch 4, 1976.^[1]

Education

Jones received an A.B. from John Denton College in 1902, a B.S. from Southwestern University in 1905, and an LL.B. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1907.^[1]

Military service

Jones served in the U.S. Army as a private in the 308th Battalion, Tank Corps, in 1918.^[1]

Professional career

• 1964-1976: Senior judge,United States Court of Claims
• 1947-1964: Chief judge,United States Court of Claims
• 1940-1947: Judge,United States Court of Claims
• 1943-1945: Administrator, War Food Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• 1943: Assistant and adviser, Director of Economic Stabilization
• 1917-1940:U.S. Representative for Texas
• 1908-1917: Attorney in private practice, Amarillo, Texas
• 1913: Member, Board of Legal Examiners, Seventh Supreme Judicial District, Texas^[1]

See also

• United States Court of Claims
• Federal judges nominated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt

External links

• U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States Court of Claims

Former judges

Atkinson •Barney •Bennett •Blackford •Booth •Campbell •Casey •Collins •Cowen •John Davis •John Bancroft Davis •Oscar Davis •Downey •Drake •Durfee •Friedman •Gilchrist •Graham •Green •Hay •Howell •Howry •Hughes •Hunt •Jones •Kashiwa •Kunzig •Laramore •Littleton •Loring •Madden •Milligan •Moss •Nichols •Nott •Peck •Peelle •Richardson •Scarburgh •Scofield •Sinnott •Skelton •Smith •Weldon •Whaley •Whitaker •Williams •Wilmot •Wright •

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 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 •