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Mell Gilbert Underwood

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio · 1936

Mell Gilbert Underwood , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Mell Gilbert Underwood (January 30, 1892 – March 8, 1972) was an American educator and lawyer who served as a United States representative from Ohio and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Education

  • Ohio State University College of Law (now Michael E. Moritz College of Law)
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Career

Private practice, New Lexington, Ohio, 1915-1923; Prosecutor, Perry County, Ohio, 1917-1921; Democratic candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio, 1920; U.S. representative from Ohio, 1923-1936

Biography

Mell Gilbert Underwood (January 30, 1892 – March 8, 1972) was an American educator and lawyer who served as a United States representative from Ohio and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

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