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Ernest Ford Cochran
Former judge · U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina
Ernest Ford Cochran served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina. Appointed by Calvin Coolidge and confirmed Jan 17, 1924.
- Appointed by
- Calvin Coolidge
- Confirmed
- Jan 17, 1924
- Born
- 1865
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of South CarolinaCalvin Coolidge · Jan 17, 1924 – Mar 4, 1934
Education
- University of Virginia School of LawLL.B., 1888
Career
Private practice, Anderson, South Carolina, 1889-1923; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of South Carolina, 1891-1892, 1898-1905; City attorney, Anderson, South Carolina, 1898-1900; U.S. attorney for the District of South Carolina, 1906-1914; U.S. attorney for the Western District of South Carolina, 1921-1923
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From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.
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