US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

US Appeals Court Judge, 5th Circuit.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Griffin Bell	Government	31-Oct-1918	5-Jan-2009	US Attorney General, 1977-79
Fortunato P. Benavides	Judge	3-Feb-1947		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
G. Harrold Carswell	Judge	22-Dec-1919	31-Jul-1992	Failed US Supreme Court nominee
Edith Brown Clement	Judge	29-Apr-1948		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
J. P. Coleman	Politician	9-Jan-1914	28-Sep-1991	Governor of Mississippi, 1956-60
W. Eugene Davis	Judge	18-Aug-1936		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
James L. Dennis	Judge	9-Jan-1936		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
David W. Dyer	Judge	28-Jun-1910	7-Jun-1998	5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1966-76
Jennifer W. Elrod	Judge	6-Sep-1966		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Emilio M. Garza	Judge	1-Aug-1947		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Catharina Haynes	Judge	9-Nov-1963		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Frank M. Johnson	Judge	30-Oct-1918	23-Jul-1999	11th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1981-99
E. Grady Jolly	Judge	3-Oct-1937		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Edith H. Jones	Judge	7-Apr-1949		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Alexander C. King	Attorney	7-Dec-1856	25-Jul-1926	US Solicitor General, 1918-20
Carolyn D. King	Judge	30-Jan-1938		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Priscilla Owen	Judge	4-Oct-1954		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Edward C. Prado	Judge	7-Jun-1947		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Thomas M. Reavley	Judge	21-Jun-1921		5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-90
Jerry E. Smith	Judge	7-Nov-1946		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Leslie H. Southwick	Judge	10-Feb-1950		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Carl E. Stewart	Judge	2-Jan-1950		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Gerald Bard Tjoflat	Judge	6-Dec-1929		11th Circuit Court of Appeals
Jacques L. Wiener, Jr.	Judge	2-Oct-1934		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
John Minor Wisdom	Judge	17-May-1905	15-May-1999	5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1957-77
William Burnham Woods	Judge	3-Aug-1824	14-May-1887	US Supreme Court Justice, 1881-87

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