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Mell Gilbert Underwood
Former judge · U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Mell Gilbert Underwood served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and confirmed Feb 4, 1936.
- Appointed by
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Confirmed
- Feb 4, 1936
- Born
- 1892
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of OhioFranklin D. Roosevelt · Feb 4, 1936 – Mar 8, 1972
Education
- Ohio State University College of Law (now Michael E. Moritz College of Law)
- Read law1915
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
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From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.
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