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Leon Clarence McCord

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1938

Leon Clarence McCord , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Leon Clarence McCord (June 21, 1878 – February 11, 1952) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Education

  • Vanderbilt University
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Career

Private practice, Scottsboro, Alabama, 1900-1903; Secretary, Supreme Court of Alabama, 1903-1909; Private practice, Montgomery, Alabama, 1910-1916, 1935-1938; Railroad commissioner, State of Alabama, 1911-1915; Judge, Alabama Circuit Court, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, 1916-1935; presiding judge, 1919-1935; Democratic candidate for governor, Alabama, 1934

Biography

Leon Clarence McCord (June 21, 1878 – February 11, 1952) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

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