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Benjamin Franklin Cameron

Former judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Benjamin Franklin Cameron served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower and confirmed Mar 14, 1955.

Appointed by
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Confirmed
Mar 14, 1955
Born
1890

Appointments

  • Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitDwight D. Eisenhower · Mar 14, 1955 – Apr 3, 1964

Education

  • University of the SouthA.B., 1911
  • Cumberland School of LawLL.B., 1914

Career

Private practice, Meridian, Mississippi, 1914-1955; U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1929-1933

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

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