Alfred Dickinson Barksdale (July 17, 1892 – August 16, 1972), frequently known as A. D. Barksdale, was an American soldier, Virginia lawyer, state senator, state court judge, and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.
Alfred Dickinson Barksdale
Virginia Western District Court
Born 1892 in Houston (now Halifax), VA
Died 1972 in Lynchburg, VA
FJC ID: 97
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 12/year
Virginia Western District Court · 1940–1972
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Virginia Circuit Court, Sixth Judicial CircuitJudge · 1938–1940
- Private practice, Lynchburg, Virginia1915–1916, 1922–1938
U.S. Army1916–1922
Appointments
1940–1972 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1915- Virginia Military InstituteB.S. · 1911