Andrew Phelps McCormick

Personal

Birthday: 
12/18/1832
Birthplace: 
Brazoria County, Texas, Mexico
Date of Death: 
11/2/1916
Place of Death: 
Waco, TX
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Brazoria, Texas, 1855-1861, 1879
Judge, Texas District Court, 1856-
Confederate Army, 1861-1865
Judge, Brazoria County [Texas] Court, 1865-
Judge of probate, Texas, 1865-1866
Judge, Texas District Court, Brazoria and Galveston Counties, 1871-1876
State senator, Texas, 1876-1879
U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, 1879

Education

Name of School: 
Centre College
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1854
Name of School - Second: 
Read law
Degree Year - Second: 
1855

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
Court Name: 

Texas Northern District Court

President Nominating: 
Rutherford B. Hayes
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
04/10/1879
Termination Date: 
03/22/1892
Termination Reason: 
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. Circuit Courts for the Fifth Circuit
Commission Date - Second: 
03/17/1892
Termination Date - Second: 
12/31/1911
Termination Reason - Second: 
Abolition of Court
Court Name - Third: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Court Name - Third: 

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Third: 
03/17/1892
Termination Date - Third: 
11/2/1916
Termination Reason - Third: 
Death