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Xenophon Hicks
Former judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Xenophon Hicks served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Appointed by Calvin Coolidge and confirmed May 23, 1928.
- Appointed by
- Calvin Coolidge
- Confirmed
- May 23, 1928
- Born
- 1872
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of TennesseeWarren G. Harding · Mar 2, 1923 – Jun 12, 1928
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of TennesseeWarren G. Harding · Mar 2, 1923 – May 23, 1928
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitCalvin Coolidge · May 23, 1928 – Nov 2, 1952
Education
- U.S. Grant University (now Tennessee Wesleyan College)A.B., 1891
- Cumberland School of LawLL.B., 1892
Career
Private practice, Clinton, Tennessee, 1892-1898; City attorney, Clinton, Tennessee, 1892-1893; County attorney, Anderson County, Tennessee, 1894-1896; U.S. Army, 1898; Alderman/mayor, Clinton, Tennessee; State senator, Tennessee, 1911; Assistant attorney general, Second Judicial Circuit, State of Tennessee, 1911-1913; Judge, Tennessee Criminal and Law Court, Second Judicial Circuit, 1913-1918; Judge, Tennessee Circuit Court, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, 1918-1923; Member, Conference of Senior Circuit Judges, 1938-1948, and Judicial Conference of the United States, 1948-1951
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From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.
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