Ernest Ford Cochran

Judge Ernest Ford Cochran

Personal

Birthday:

9/12/1865

Birthplace:

Anderson, SC

Date of Death:

3/4/1934

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Anderson, South Carolina, 1889-1923
Commissioner, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina, 1889-1891
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of South Carolina, 1891-1892, 1898-1905
City attorney, Anderson, South Carolina, 1898-1900
U.S. attorney for the District of South Carolina, 1906-1914
U.S. attorney for the Western District of South Carolina, 1921-1923

Education

Name of School:

University of Virginia School of Law

Virginia is justly famous for its collegial environment that bonds students and faculty, and student satisfaction is consistently cited as among the highest in American law schools. Intellectual challenges are met in a spirit of cooperation. Small first-year sections promote individual inquiry while providing support and friendship. Students learn together, reading each other's work and freely sharing course outlines and other materials, confidently relying on the nation's oldest student-run Honor System to maintain the highest ethical standards.

Degree:

LL.B.

Degree Year:

1888

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Eastern District of South Carolina

President Nominating:

Calvin Coolidge

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

1/21/1924

Termination Date:

3/4/1934

Termination Reason:

Death