William Bootle
William Augustus Bootle (1902-2005) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
Bootle was nominated by PresidentDwight Eisenhower on May 3, 1954, to a seat vacated byAbraham Conger; he was confirmed by the Senate on May 18, 1954, and received his commission onMay 20th. He served aschief judge from 1961 until he assumedsenior status onMarch 11, 1972. He served until his death onJanuary 25, 2005. Bootle was succeeded in this position byWilbur Owens.
Early life and education
- Mercer University, A.B., 1924
- Mercer University School of Law, LL.B., 1925
Professional career
- Private practice, Macon, Georgia, 1925-1928
- Part-time professor, Mercer University, 1926-1937
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Macon, Georgia, 1928-1929
- U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, 1929-1933
- Private practice, Macon, Georgia, 1933-1954
- Acting dean and part-time professor, Mercer University, 1933-1937
Judicial career
Middle District of Georgia
Bootle was nominated by PresidentDwight Eisenhower on May 3, 1954, to a seat vacated byAbraham Conger;[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on May 18, 1954, and received his commission onMay 20th. He served aschief judge from 1961 until he assumedsenior status onMarch 11, 1972. He served until his death onJanuary 25, 2005. Bootle was succeeded in this position byWilbur Owens.
External links
- Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
- ↑Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Abraham Conger | Middle District of Georgia 1954–1972 Seat #2 | Succeeded by: Wilbur Owens |
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| 1953 | Boldt •Bruchhausen •Cecil •Dawkins, Jr. •Grooms •Hamlin •Hoffman •Knoch •Schnackenberg •Warren •Willson | ||
| 1954 | Aldrich •Anderson •Bastian •Bicks •Bootle •Boreman •Breitenstein •Brooks •Cecil •Chambers •Choate •Christensen •Connell •Danaher •Dawson •Day •Fee •Freeman •Halbert •Harlan •Hincks •Hoffman •Holder •Hunter •Ingraham •Laramore •Kent •Lemmon •Lord •McGarraghy •Mickelson •Miller •Palmieri •Parkinson •Rogers •Ross •Stewart •Taylor •Thomsen •Tuttle •Van Oosterhout •Vogel •Walsh •Whittaker •Wilson | ||
| 1955 | Alger •Brown •Cameron •Clarke •Davies •Devitt •East •Estes •Grubb •Harlan •Jertberg •Jones •Lumbard •McIlvaine •Miller •Register •Sorg •Van Dusen •Waterman •Watkins •Wortendyke • Wright | ||
| 1956 | Barnes •Bryan •Burger •Cashin •Hamley •Herlands •Johnson •Juergens •Kerr •Kraft •Levet •Lewis •Lieb •Mercer •Morgan •Rich •Rizley •Robinson •Smith •Sobeloff •Weick •Whittaker | ||
| 1957 | Arraj •Breitenstein •Brennan •Egan •Gignoux •Grant •Hastings •Haynsworth •Hicklin •Jameson •Layton •Moore •O'Sullivan •Parkinson •Richardson •Sirica •Stanley •Thompson •Van Pelt •Weber •Whittaker •Wisdom •Zavatt | ||
| 1958 | Beck •Burke •Carswell •Clayton •Hamlin •Henley •Jertberg •Knoch •Martin •Matthes •Miner •Morrill •Poos •Robson •Stanley •Steel •Stewart •Wollenberg | ||
| 1959 | Aldrich •Bartels •Blackmun •Boreman •Butler •Castle •Cecil •Crocker •Dalton •Field •Fisher •Forman •Friendly •Hart •Henderson •Henley •Julian •Kalbfleisch •Kilkenny •Koelsch •Kunzel •MacMahon •Merrill •Metzner •Powell •Smith •Sweigert •Walsh •Weick •Weinman •Wood •Worley •Young | ||
| 1960 | Caffrey •Chilson •Durfee •Hodge •Kaess •Lane •Lewis •Mishler •O'Sullivan •Paul •Smith •Stephenson •Tavares •Timbers | ||
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- Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Confirmed 1954
- Federal Article III judges
- Federal judiciary nominee, May 1954
- Former federal judge
- Former federal judge, United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- Georgia
- Middle District of Georgia, Seat 2
- Former federal judge, Middle District of Georgia
- Appointed by Dwight Eisenhower
- Former chief judge, Middle District of Georgia
- Former Article III judges
