Odell Horton

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Years in office: 1995 - 2006

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Years in office: 1980 - 1995

Successor:Bernice Donald (Nonpartisan)

Education

Bachelor's

Morehouse College, 1951

Law

Howard University School of Law, 1956

Personal

Birthplace

Bolivar, TN

Odell Horton (1929-2006) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

Horton was nominated by PresidentJimmy Carter on February 27, 1980, to a seat vacated byBailey Brown; he was confirmed by the Senate on May 9, 1980, and received commissionthree days later. he served aschief judge from 1987-1994. He assumedsenior status onMay 16, 1995, and served in that capacity until his death onFebruary 22, 2006.^[1] Horton was succeeded in this position byBernice Donald.

Early life and education

• Morehouse College, B.A., 1951
• Howard University School of Law, LL.B., 1956^[1]

Professional career

• U.S. Marine Corps, 1946-1947, 1951-1953
• Private practice, Memphis, Tennessee, 1957-1962
• Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Tennessee, 1962-1968
• Director, Division of Hospital and Health Services, City of Memphis, Tennessee, 1968
• Judge, Shelby County Criminal Court, Tennessee, 1969-1970
• President, LeMoyne-Owen College, 1970-1974
• Commentator, WREC-TV (CBS), 1972-1974
• Director, Community Health Services, Mid-South Medical Center Council, Memphis, Tennessee, 1974-1976
• U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Western District of Tennessee, 1976-1980^[1]

Judicial career

Western District of Tennessee

Horton was nominated by PresidentJimmy Carter on February 27, 1980, to a seat vacated byBailey Brown; he was confirmed by the Senate on May 9, 1980, and received commissionthree days later. he served aschief judge from 1987-1994. He assumedsenior status onMay 16, 1995, and served in that capacity until his death onFebruary 22, 2006.^[1] Horton was succeeded in this position byBernice Donald.

External links

• Odell Horton's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e 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 judges	Tu 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  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byJimmy Carter
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1978	Arnold •Baker •Boyle •Burns •Campos •Claiborne •Collins •Cook •Devine •Diamond •Duplantier •Edenfield •Friedman •Gonzalez •Greene •Jenkins •Lowe •Mazzone •McMillian •O'Brien •Pfaelzer •Phillips •Pollak •Sand •Shapiro •Simmons •Smith •Sweet •Tanner •Wiseman •Ziegler
1979	Ackerman •Alarcon •Anderson •Arceneaux •Arnold •Aspen •Beatty •Beer •Belew •Bertelsman •Bilby •N. Black •S. Black •Bloch •Bowen •Brett •Brooks •Brown •Buchmeyer •Bunton •Burciaga •Cabranes •Carr •Carrigan •Castagna •Cire •Clark •Cohn •Conaboy •Cordova •Crabb •Cudahy •Davis •DeAnda •Debevoise •Edwards •Eginton •Ellison •Enslen •O. Evans •T. Evans •Farris •Ferguson •Fletcher •Frye •Garcia •Garza •B. Gibson •H. Gibson •Gierbolini-Ortiz •Giles •Gilliam •Green •Hall •Hastings •Hatchett •Hatfield •Hatter •Hawkins •Henderson •Higby •Hillman •Houck •Howard •Hudspeth •Hungate •F. Johnson •S. Johnson •N. Jones •S. Jones •Karlton •Kazen •Kearse •Keeton •Kehoe •Kennedy •Kidd •King •Kravitch •Loughlin •Martin •McCurn •McDonald •McNaught •McNichols •Mikva •Mitchell •Moran •Murnaghan •Murphy •D. Nelson •D.W. Nelson •Newblatt •Newman •Overton •Paine •Panner •J. Parker •R. Parker •Penn •Perez-Gimenez •Perry •Politz •Poole •Porter •Pregerson •Price •Rambo •Ramirez •Reavley •Redden •E. Reed •S. Reed •Reinhardt •Renner •Robinson •Rothstein •Sachs •Saffels •Sanders •Sarokin •Schroeder •Schwartz •Seay •Senter •Seymour •Shannon •Shaw •Shoob •Skopil •Sloviter •Sofaer •Spellman •Sprouse •Staker •Tate •Taylor •Thompson •Tidwell •Unthank •Vietor •Vining •Wald •Ward •Weinshienk •West •Wicker •Williams •Winder •Woods •Wright • Zobel
1980	Aguilar •Aldrich •Anderson •Boochever •Breyer •Britt •Cahill •Canby •Carroll •Cerezo •Clemon •S. Ervin •R. Erwin •Getzendanner •Gilmore •Ginsburg •Haltom •Hardy •Henderson •Hobbs •Holschuh •Horton •Howard •Johnson •Keep •Kelly •Kenyon •Kocoras •Marquez •Marshall •Michael •Nixon •Norris •Patel •Polozola •Propst •Quackenbush •Ramsey •Rice •Shadur •Spiegel •Tashima •Thompson •Vela •White •Williams
1981	Heen