Robert Lee Russell (Federal judge)
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Robert Lee Russell (1900-1955) was afederal judge on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit and theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.[1]
Early life and education
Professional career
- Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia, 1920-1923
- Secretary to chief justice of theSupreme Court of Georgia, 1923-1929
- Private practice, Winder, Georgia, 1929-1940[1]
Judicial career
Fifth Circuit
Russell was nominated to the Fifth Circuit by PresidentHarry Truman on October 15, 1949, to a seat vacated bySamuel Hale Sibley; he was confirmed by the Senate on October 19, 1949, and received commissionOctober 21. He served until his death onJanuary 18, 1955.[1]
Northern District of Georgia
Russell was nominated to the Northern District of Georgia by PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt on August 5, 1940, to a new seat created by 54 Stat. 219; he was confirmed by the Senate on August 8, 1940, and received commission onAugust 15, 1940. He served aschief judge for a brief stint during 1949, untilOctober 26, 1949, when he was confirmed to a different court.[1] Russell was succeeded in this position byFrank Hooper.
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Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat | Northern District of Georgia 1940–1949 Seat #2T | Succeeded by: Frank Hooper |
| Preceded by: Samuel Hale Sibley | Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1949–1955 | Succeeded by: John Brown |
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| Active judges | • William M. Ray, II (Georgia) • Eleanor L. Ross • Mark Howard Cohen • Leigh Martin May • Jean-Paul Boulee • Michael L. Brown (Georgia) • Steven Grimberg • Victoria Calvert • Sarah Geraghty • Tiffany Johnson (Georgia) | ||
| Senior judges | Orinda Evans • Clarence Cooper • Richard Story • Willis Hunt • Charles Pannell • Steve C. Jones • Amy Totenberg • Thomas Thrash (Georgia) • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Alan Baverman • Walter E. Johnson • Russell G. Vineyard • Linda T. Walker • J. Clay Fuller • Justin Anand • John Larkins (Georgia) • Catherine Salinas • Christopher Bly • Regina Cannon • | ||
| Former Article III judges | Jack Camp • Marvin Shoob • Horace Ward • Owen Forrester • Beverly Martin • Charles Moye • William O'Kelley • Ernest Tidwell • Julie Carnes • Timothy Batten • William Duffey • Harold Murphy • Robert Vining • John Cochran Nicoll • John Erskine • Albert Henderson • Lewis Morgan • Frank Hull • James Hill (Federal judge) • Henry Kent McCay • William Truslow Newman • Samuel Hale Sibley • Emory Marvin Underwood • Maurice Andrews • Newell Edenfield • Richard Freeman • Robert Hall (Georgia) • Frank Hooper • William Sloan • Sidney Smith • Robert Lee Russell (Federal judge) • | ||
| Former Chief judges | Orinda Evans • Charles Moye • William O'Kelley • Ernest Tidwell • Timothy Batten • Robert Vining • Albert Henderson • Lewis Morgan • Maurice Andrews • Newell Edenfield • Frank Hooper • Sidney Smith • Robert Lee Russell (Federal judge) • Thomas Thrash (Georgia) • | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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