Leon Clarence McCord
Personal
Birthday:
6/21/1878
Birthplace:
Conyers, GA
Date of Death:
2/11/1952
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Scottsboro, Alabama, 1900-1903
Secretary, Supreme Court of Alabama, 1903-1909
Private practice, Montgomery, Alabama, 1910-1916, 1935-1938
Railroad commissioner, State of Alabama, 1911-1915
Judge, Alabama Circuit Court, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, 1916-1935; presiding judge, 1919-1935
Democratic candidate for governor, Alabama, 1934
Education
Name of School:
Vanderbilt University
Name of School - Second:
Read law
Degree Year - Second:
1900 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
President Nominating:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Affiliation of President:
Democratic
Commission Date:
6/24/1938
Retirement from Active Service:
2/26/1951
Termination Date:
2/11/1952
Termination Reason:
Death