John Elvis Miller
John Elvis Miller(1888-1981) was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
Miller was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on January 31, 1941, to a seat vacated by Heartsill Ragon; he was confirmed by the Senate on January 31, 1941, and received commission on March 12, 1941. From 1958-1967, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on February 28, 1967. He served the Western District of Arkansas until his death on January 30, 1981. Miller was succeeded in this position by Paul Williams.
Early life and education
- University of Kentucky, LL.B., 1912
Professional career
- Private practice, Searcy, Arkansas, 1912-1919
- Prosecuting attorney, First Judicial Circuit of Arkansas, 1919-1922
- U.S. Representative from Arkansas, 1931-1937
- U.S. Senator from Arkansas, 1937-1941
Judicial nominations and appointments
Western District of Arkansas
Miller was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on January 31, 1941, to a seat vacated by Heartsill Ragon;[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on January 31, 1941, and received commission on March 12, 1941. From 1958-1967, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on February 28, 1967. He served the Western District of Arkansas until his death on January 30, 1981. Miller was succeeded in this position by Paul Williams.
External links
- Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
- ↑ Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Heartsill Ragon |
Western District of Arkansas 1941–1967 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Paul Williams
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| 1933 |
Bell • Bratton • Donohoe • FitzHenry • Garrecht • Keefe • Ragon • Stone • Woodrough | ||
| 1934 |
Allen • Bowen • Holly • Hulbert • Long • Major • Myers • Rippey • Sullivan | ||
| 1935 |
Baldwin • Denman • Faris • Ford • Hamilton • Haney • Holmes • Mahoney • Martin • Mathews • McDuffie • Moore • Roche • A. L. Stephens • H. M. Stephens • Sweeney • Yankwich | ||
| 1936 |
Abruzzo • Clancy • Davidson • Davis • Holland • Lederle • Leibell • Ling • Mandelbaum • Maris • Pollard • Thomas • Underwood | ||
| 1937 |
Adair • Biggs • Black • Burke • Collet • Druffel • Edgerton • Groner • Healy • Jackson • Jenney • Kloeb • Major • McColloch • Miller • Mize • Murrah • Rice • Stephens • Sullivan • Swinford • Treanor • Trimble • Vinson • Watkins • Williams • Wyche | ||
| 1938 |
Clark • Conger • Ford • Hamilton • Laws • Maris • McCord • Murphree • Reed | ||
| 1939 |
Allred • Arant • Beaumont • Biddle • Black • Clark • Darr • Davies • Dobie • Douglas • Duffy • Frankfurter • Goldsborough • Huxman • Igoe • Jones • Kalodner • Kerner, Sr. • Lemley • Lumpkin • Magruder • Miller • Morris • Picard • Porterie • Roberts • Rutledge • Walker • Welsh • Whaley • Whitaker • Wilkin | ||
| 1940 |
Bard • Barker • Barksdale • Boyd • Broaddus • Caillouet • Campbell • Dobie • Ganey • Goodrich • Harrison • Hartigan • Johnsen • Jones • Leamy • Mahoney • Martin • Murphy • Murrah • O'Connor • Oliver • Pine • Russell • Savage • Schwellenbach • Walker • Waller | ||
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| 1941 |
Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski | ||
| 1942 |
Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney | ||
| 1943 |
Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert • Waller | ||
| 1944 |
Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw | ||
| 1945 | |||
