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Thomas Jennings Bailey

Former judge · U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia)

Thomas Jennings Bailey served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia). Appointed by Woodrow Wilson and confirmed May 22, 1918.

Appointed by
Woodrow Wilson
Confirmed
May 22, 1918
Born
1867

Appointments

  • Associate Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia)Woodrow Wilson · May 22, 1918 – Jan 9, 1963

Education

  • Southwestern Presbyterian University (now Rhodes College)A.B., 1884
  • Southwestern Presbyterian University (now Rhodes College)A.M., 1885
  • Vanderbilt University Law SchoolLL.B., 1890

Career

Private practice, Clarksville, Tennessee, 1890, 1896-1900; Private practice, Seattle, Tennessee, 1893-1896; Private practice, Nashville, Tennessee, 1902-1918; Special commissioner, 1915; Deputy clerk/master in chancery, Nashville, Tennessee, 1915-1918

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From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.

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