Thomas Goode Jones

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Years in office: 1901 - 1914

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United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Years in office: 1901 - 1914

Education

Bachelor's

Virginia Military Institute

Law

Read law, 1868

Personal

Birthplace

Macon-Bibb County, GA

Thomas Goode Jones (1844-1914) was afederal judge on the United States District Court for theNorthern andMiddle Districts of Alabama.

He was nominated by PresidentTheodore Roosevelt on October 7, 1901 to a seat vacated byJohn Bruce. On December 5th of the same year, he was nominated. He was confirmed by the Senate onDecember 17, 1901 and received commission that same day. He served until his death onApril 28, 1914. Jones was succeeded in this position byHenry De Lamar Clayton.

Early life and education

• Virginia Military Institute
• Read law, 1868

Professional career

• Army of the Confederacy Major, 1862-1865
• Planter, Montgomery, Alabama, 1865-1868
• Editor, Daily Picayune, Montgomery, Alabama, 1868
• Private practice, Montgomery, Alabama, 1868-
• Reporter of decisions, Alabama Supreme Court, 1870-1880
• Member, Alabama House of Representatives,1884-1888
• Speaker, 1886-1888
• State Governor, Alabama, 1890-1894

Judicial career

Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama

Jones was nominated by PresidentTheodore Roosevelt on October 7, 1901 to a seat vacated byJohn Bruce.^[1] On December 5th of the same year, he was nominated. He was confirmed by the Senate onDecember 17, 1901 and received commission that same day. He served until his death onApril 28, 1914. Jones was succeeded in this position byHenry De Lamar Clayton.

External links

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byTheodore Roosevelt
1901	Baker •Jones •McDowell
1902	Anderson •Burns •Coxe •Gould •Hale •Holmes •Platt •Ray •Townsend •Waite
1903	Clabaugh •Day •Hay •Holt •Hook •McClelland •Morris •Pollock •Pritchard •Richards •Van Devanter •Daniel Wright • Francis Wright
1904	Duell •Holland •Hunt •Lanning •Reed •Shepard •Stafford
1905	Adams •Atkinson •Barney •Bethea •Booth •Cross •Dayton •Dodge •Finkelnburg •Kohlsaat •Landis •Lowell •McCall •McComas •Quarles •Sanborn •Seaman •Tayler •Whitson •Wolverton •Wright
1906	Buffington •Chatfield •Ewing •Farrington •Hough •Knappen •Lewis •Martin •Moody •Peelle •Robb
1907	Campbell •Cotteral •Dietrich •Dyer •Hundley •Munger •NoyesSaunders •Sheppard •Van Fleet •Van Orsdel •Ward
1908	Chamberlain •Purdy •Sanford •Sater •Young
1909	Foster

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Active judges	Chief Judge: Madeline Haikala  •  Liles Burke  •  Annemarie Carney Axon  •  Corey Maze  •  Anna Manasco  •  Edmund LaCour  •  Harold Mooty
Senior judges	Sharon Blackburn  •  Charles Smith (Alabama)  •  Inge Johnson  •  Karon Bowdre  •  David Proctor  •  Virginia Hopkins  •
Magistrate judges	John H. England  •  Staci G. Cornelius  •  Gray M. Borden  •  Herman Johnson  •  Nicholas Danella  •
Former Article III judges	James Hancock  •  Robert Propst  •  William Acker  •  U. W. Clemon  •  Scott Coogler  •  William Crawford (Alabama)  •  Charles Tait  •  John Gayle  •  William Giles Jones  •  Richard Busteed  •  George Washington Lane  •  John Bruce  •  Oscar Richard Hundley  •  Thomas Goode Jones (Alabama)  •  William Irwin Grubb  •  Henry De Lamar Clayton  •  Charles Brents Kennamer  •  David Jackson Davis (United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama judge)  •  Thomas Murphree  •  Clarence Allgood  •  Harlan Grooms  •  Elbert Haltom  •  Seybourn Lynne  •  Frank McFadden  •  Clarence Mullins  •  Edwin Nelson  •  Sam Pointer  •  Frank Hampton McFadden  •  Abdul Kallon  •  Dean Buttram Jr.  •
Former Chief judges	U. W. Clemon  •  Karon Bowdre  •  Scott Coogler  •  David Proctor  •  Seybourn Lynne  •  Frank McFadden  •  Clarence Mullins  •  Sam Pointer  •

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
Active judges	Chief Judge: Emily Coody Marks  •  Bill Lewis  •  R. Austin Huffaker
Senior judges	William Albritton  •  William Watkins (Alabama)  •  Myron Thompson  •
Magistrate judges	Susan Walker  •  Charles Coody  •  Stephen Doyle  •  Jerusha Adams  •  Kelly Pate  •
Former Article III judges	Mark Fuller  •  Truman McGill Hobbs Sr. (Alabama federal district court judge)  •  William Crawford (Alabama)  •  John Gayle  •  William Giles Jones  •  Richard Busteed  •  George Washington Lane  •  John Bruce  •  Joel Dubina  •  Thomas Goode Jones (Alabama)  •  Henry De Lamar Clayton  •  Charles Brents Kennamer  •  Ira De Ment  •  Thomas Pittman  •  Robert Varner  •  Frank M. Johnson, Jr.  •  Andrew Brasher  •
Former Chief judges	Mark Fuller  •  Truman McGill Hobbs Sr. (Alabama federal district court judge)  •  William Albritton  •  Myron Thompson  •  Robert Varner  •  Frank M. Johnson, Jr.  •