Talbot Smith

Judge Talbot Smith

Personal

Birthday:

10/11/1899

Birthplace:

Fayette, MO

Date of Death:

12/21/1978

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Navy lieutenant, 1917-1931
Engineer, Atlantic Refining Company, 1931
Private practice, Detroit, Michigan, 1934-1937
Professor of law, University of Missouri, 1937-1941
Attorney, U.S. Office of Price Administration, 1941-1944
Private practice, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1944-1945, 1947-1955
Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1945-1946
Associate justice, Michigan Supreme Court, 1955-1961

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, September 23, 1961; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School:

U.S. Naval Academy

Degree:

B.S.

Degree Year:

1920

Name of School - Second:

Naval Academy Postgraduate School

Degree - Second:

M.S.

Degree Year - Second:

1928

Name of School - Third:

University of Michigan Law School

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Degree - Third:

J.D.

Degree Year - Third:

1934

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

Court Name:

Michigan Eastern District Court

President Nominating:

John F. Kennedy

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

2/9/1962

Retirement from Active Service:

10/31/1971

Termination Date:

12/21/1978

Termination Reason:

Death