Thomas Murphree

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Years in office: 1938 - 1945

Education

Bachelor's

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1910

Law

University of Alabama School of Law, 1911

Personal

Birthplace

Alabama

Thomas Alexander Murphree (1883-1945) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

He was nominated by PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt on May 12, 1938, to a seat created by 52 Stat. 120. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 17th, and received commission onMay 31st. He served until his death onSeptember 5, 1945. Murphree was succeeded in this position bySeybourn Lynne.

Early life and education

• University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, B.S., 1910
• University of Alabama School of Law, LL.B., 1911

Professional career

• Private practice, Birmingham, Alabama, 1911-1938

Judicial career

Northern District of Alabama

Murphree was nominated by PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt on May 12, 1938, to a seat created by 52 Stat. 120.^[1] He was confirmed by the Senate on May 17th, and received commission onMay 31st. He served until his death onSeptember 5, 1945. Murphree was succeeded in this position bySeybourn Lynne.

External links

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

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 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  •