• Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

  Judge

  1936 – 1961 · 25 yrsAppointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt

• District Court, N.D. Mississippi

  Judge

  1918 – 1929 · 11 yrsAppointed by Woodrow Wilson

• District Court, S.D. Mississippi

  Judge

  1918 – 1936 · 18 yrsAppointed by Woodrow Wilson

Career

• Mayor

  1904 – 1908 · 4 yrs

• Private practice

  1900 – 1918 · 18 yrs

Education