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Claude Feemster Clayton

Claude Feemster Clayton

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Born 1909 in Tupelo, MS

Died 1969

FJC ID: 451

Claude Feemster Clayton (August 4, 1909 – July 4, 1969) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Tupelo, Mississippi
    1931–1935, 1945–1958
  2. Tupelo, Mississippi
    City attorney · 1949–1953
  3. U.S. Army
    1942–1945
  4. Mississippi Circuit Court, First Judicial District
    Judge · 1938–1942
  5. Lee County, Mississippi
    Prosecutor · 1935–1938

Appointments

  1. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    1967–1969 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death
  2. Mississippi Northern District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of MississippiChief Judge
    1958–1967 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
    Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Education

  1. University of Mississippi School of Law
    University of Mississippi School of Law
    LL.B. · 1931