Samuel Gilbert Bratton (August 19, 1888 – September 22, 1963) was a United States senator from New Mexico and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Sam Gilbert Bratton
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Born 1888 in Kosse, TX
Died 1963
FJC ID: 244
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 19/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 180/year
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1933–1963
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1956–1959
- U.S. senator from New Mexico1925–1933
- New Mexico Supreme CourtAssociate justice · 1923–1924
Judge · 1919–1922- Private practice, Clovis, New Mexico1915–1918
- Private practice, Farwell, Texas1909–1915
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitChief Judge1933–1963 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Read law1909