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Elijah Allen Cox

Former judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Elijah Allen Cox served on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. Appointed by Calvin Coolidge and confirmed Mar 2, 1929.

Appointed by
Calvin Coolidge
Confirmed
Mar 2, 1929
Born
1887

Appointments

  • Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of MississippiCalvin Coolidge · Mar 2, 1929 – Aug 28, 1974

Education

  • Vanderbilt UniversityB.A., 1909
  • Read law1911

Career

Private practice, Baldwyn, Mississippi, 1911-1924; U.S. Army, World War I; Chancellor, First Chancery Court of Mississippi, 1924-1929

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

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