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John Marvin Jones

John Marvin Jones

Chief Judge — Court of Claims

Born 1882 in Valley View, TX

Died 1976 in Amarillo, TX

FJC ID: 3272

John Marvin Jones (February 26, 1882 – March 4, 1976) was a United States representative from Texas and a Judge of the United States Court of Claims.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 1956–1964
  2. War Food Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Administrator · 1943–1945
  3. Office of Economic Stabilization
    Assistant to the director · 1943
  4. U.S. representative from Texas
    1917–1940
  5. 308th Battalion, Tank Corps
    308th Battalion, Tank Corps
    U.S. Army private · 1918
  6. Private practice, Amarillo, Texas
    1908–1917
  7. Texas Board of Legal Examiners, Seventh Supreme Judicial District
    Member · 1913

Appointments

  1. Court of Claims
    1948–1976 (None (reassignment))
    Term ended: Death
  2. United States Court of Claims
    1948–1976
    Term ended: ded
  3. United States Court of Claims
    1947–1948
    Term ended: other_pos
  4. Court of ClaimsChief Justice
    1947–1948 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)
    Term ended: Reassignment
  5. Court of Claims
    1940–1947 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
    Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
  6. United States Court of Claims
    1940–1947
    Term ended: other_pos

Education

  1. University of Texas School of Law
    University of Texas School of Law
    LL.B. · 1907
  2. Southwestern University
    Ph.B. · 1905
  3. John B. Denton College, Denton, Texas
    B.A. · 1902