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Elwood Hamilton

Elwood Hamilton

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1883 in Benson, KY

Died 1945

FJC ID: 958

Elwood Hamilton (February 22, 1883 – September 19, 1945) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Louisville, Kentucky
    1922–1935
  2. Private practice, Frankfort, Kentucky
    1905–1922
  3. Commonwealth of Kentucky
    Collector of internal revenue · 1917–1922
  4. Kentucky
    State representative · 1912–1914

Appointments

  1. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
    1938–1945 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death
  2. Kentucky Western District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
    1935–1938 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
    Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Education

  1. University of Louisville Law Department (now Louis D. Brandeis School of Law)
    LL.B. · 1904