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Xenophon Hicks

Xenophon Hicks

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Born 1872 in Clinton, TN

Died 1952

FJC ID: 1037

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 10/year

Tennessee Eastern District Court · 1923–1928Tennessee Middle District Court · 1923–1928Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1928–1952192319401960198020002019100
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 33/year

Tennessee Eastern District Court · 1923–1928Tennessee Middle District Court · 1923–1928Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1928–1952192319401960198020002019330
citing decisions

Tennessee Eastern District Court · 1923–1928Tennessee Middle District Court · 1923–1928Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1928–1952

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.

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Xenophon Hicks (May 2, 1872 – November 2, 1952) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Conference of Senior Circuit Judges, 1938-1948, and Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 1948–1951
  2. Tennessee Circuit Court, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit
    Judge · 1918–1923
  3. Tennessee Criminal and Law Court, Second Judicial Circuit
    Judge · 1913–1918
  4. Second Judicial Circuit, State of Tennessee
    Second Judicial Circuit, State of Tennessee
    Assistant attorney general · 1911–1913
  5. Tennessee
    State senator · 1911
  6. Private practice, Clinton, Tennessee
    1892–1898
  7. U.S. Army
    1898
  8. Anderson County, Tennessee
    County attorney · 1894–1896
  9. Clinton, Tennessee
    City attorney · 1892–1893
  10. Clinton, Tennessee
    Alderman/mayor

Appointments

  1. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitChief Judge
    1928–1952 · Appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
    Term ended: Death
  2. Tennessee Eastern District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
    1923–1928 · Appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)
    Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
  3. Tennessee Middle District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
    1923–1928 · Appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)
    Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Education

  1. Cumberland School of Law
    LL.B. · 1892
  2. U.S. Grant University (now Tennessee Wesleyan College)
    A.B. · 1891