Mell Gilbert Underwood (January 30, 1892 – March 8, 1972) was an American educator and lawyer who served as a United States representative from Ohio and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Mell Gilbert Underwood
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Born 1892 in Rose Farm, OH
Died 1972 in near New Lexington, OH
FJC ID: 2432
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- U.S. representative from Ohio1923–1936
- Private practice, New Lexington, Ohio1915–1923
- Perry County, OhioProsecutor · 1917–1921
- Democratic candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio1920
Appointments
1936–1972 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Ohio State University College of Law (now Michael E. Moritz College of Law)
- Read law1915