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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: U.S. District Court in Tennessee</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Sanford</a> 1908-23 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darnell-daughenbaugh.html#592.47.91">Leslie Rogers Darr</a> 1939-61 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson3.html#513.05.15">Frank Wiley Wilson</a> 1961-82 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/midkiff-milen.html#027.51.25">Herbert Theodore Milburn</a> 1983-84 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hull.html#392.06.55">Thomas Gray Hull</a> 1983-2002 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jarvis.html#652.21.75">James H. Jarvis II</a> 1984-2002 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#510.63.76">Robert Allan Edgar</a> 1985-2005 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/colen-collingwood.html#672.34.30">Curtis Lynn Collier</a> 1995-2014 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#271.18.22">Harry Sandlin Mattice, Jr.</a> 2005- <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdonell-mcdougle.html#689.30.92">Travis Randall McDonough</a> 2015- <p> <b>Officeholding Events</b> <i>(may be incomplete!)</i><br> <li> 1833 Sep 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmurchie-mcnally.html#619.07.27">John McNairy</a>, resigned. <li> 1862 Jun 26: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphreys.html#016.20.86">West Hughes Humphreys</a>, removed. <li> 1880 Apr 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#958.21.69">Connally Findlay Trigg</a>, died in office. <li> 1908 Mar 15: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark2.html#017.93.31">Charles Dickens Clark</a>, died in office. <li> 1961 Mar 15: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darnell-daughenbaugh.html#592.47.91">Leslie Rogers Darr</a>, took senior status. <li> 1982 Sep 29: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson3.html#513.05.15">Frank Wiley Wilson</a>, died in office. <li> 2002 Feb 28: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jarvis.html#652.21.75">James H. Jarvis II</a>, took senior status. <li> 2002 Oct 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hull.html#392.06.55">Thomas Gray Hull</a>, took senior status. <li> 2005 Oct 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#510.63.76">Robert Allan Edgar</a>, took senior status. <li> 2014 Oct 31: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/colen-collingwood.html#672.34.30">Curtis Lynn Collier</a>, took senior status. <p> <b>U.S. District Judges for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1853-2017</b> <i>(may be incomplete!)</i><br> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphreys.html#016.20.86">West Hughes Humphreys</a> 1853-62 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#958.21.69">Connally Findlay Trigg</a> 1862-80 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark2.html#017.93.31">Charles Dickens Clark</a> 1895-1908 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanford.html#969.36.28">Edward T. Sanford</a> 1908-23 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darnell-daughenbaugh.html#592.47.91">Leslie Rogers Darr</a> 1939-40 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davie-davila.html#854.99.73">Elmer David Davies</a> 1939-57 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller9.html#980.25.46">William Ernest Miller</a> 1955-70 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morton.html#055.57.52">L. Clure Morton</a> 1970-84 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eberhart-eddleman.html#123.85.02">Robert L. Echols</a> 1992-2007 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#802.52.66">William Joseph Haynes, Jr.</a> 1999-2014 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sharp.html#600.18.90">Kevin Hunter Sharp</a> 2011-17 <p> <b>Officeholding Events</b> <i>(may be incomplete!)</i><br> <li> 1862 Jun 26: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphreys.html#016.20.86">West Hughes Humphreys</a>, removed. <li> 1880 Apr 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#958.21.69">Connally Findlay Trigg</a>, died in office. <li> 1908 Mar 15: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark2.html#017.93.31">Charles Dickens Clark</a>, died in office. <li> 1957 Jan 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davie-davila.html#854.99.73">Elmer David Davies</a>, died in office. <li> 1984 Jul 31: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morton.html#055.57.52">L. Clure Morton</a>, took senior status. <li> 2007 Mar 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eberhart-eddleman.html#123.85.02">Robert L. Echols</a>, took senior status. <li> 2014 Dec 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#802.52.66">William Joseph Haynes, Jr.</a>, took senior status. <li> 2017 Apr 15: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sharp.html#600.18.90">Kevin Hunter Sharp</a>, resigned. <p> <b>U.S. District Judges for the Western District of Tennessee, 1802-2017</b> <i>(may be incomplete!)</i><br> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmurchie-mcnally.html#619.07.27">John McNairy</a> 1802-33 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphreys.html#016.20.86">West Hughes Humphreys</a> 1853-62 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#958.21.69">Connally Findlay Trigg</a> 1862-78 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hammond.html#100.86.28">Eli Shelby Hammond</a> 1878-1904 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccall.html#338.39.20">John E. McCall</a> 1905-20 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson4.html#660.16.95">Harry Bennett Anderson</a> 1926-35 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin5.html#061.59.79">John Donelson Martin, Sr.</a> 1935-40 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyd.html#206.24.50">Marion S. Boyd</a> 1940-66 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown1.html#713.76.28">Bailey Brown</a> 1961-79 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcphetres-mcrae.html#080.82.31">Robert Malcolm McRae, Jr.</a> 1966-86 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welles-wellmerling.html#442.52.58">Harry Walker Wellford</a> 1970-82 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/horton.html#580.68.37">Odell Horton</a> 1980-95 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/turner5.html#436.52.88">Jerome Turner</a> 1987-2000 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccallen-mccarter.html#806.91.13">Jon Phipps McCalla</a> 1992-2013 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/donalda-donivan.html#839.15.07">Bernice Bouie Donald</a> 1995-2011 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mayne-mcallen.html#449.00.62">Samuel H. Mays, Jr.</a> 2002-15 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breen-brenizer.html#767.17.55">J. Daniel Breen</a> 2003-17 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson8.html#175.57.99">Stanley Thomas Anderson</a> 2008- <p> <b>Officeholding Events</b> <i>(may be incomplete!)</i><br> <li> 1833 Sep 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmurchie-mcnally.html#619.07.27">John McNairy</a>, resigned. <li> 1862 Jun 26: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphreys.html#016.20.86">West Hughes Humphreys</a>, removed. <li> 1904 Dec 17: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hammond.html#100.86.28">Eli Shelby Hammond</a>, died in office. <li> 1920 Aug 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccall.html#338.39.20">John E. McCall</a>, died in office. <li> 1935 Apr 9: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson4.html#660.16.95">Harry Bennett Anderson</a>, died in office. <li> 1966 Aug 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyd.html#206.24.50">Marion S. Boyd</a>, took senior status. <li> 1986 Dec 31: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcphetres-mcrae.html#080.82.31">Robert Malcolm McRae, Jr.</a>, took senior status. <li> 1995 May 16: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/horton.html#580.68.37">Odell Horton</a>, took senior status. <li> 2000 Feb 12: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/turner5.html#436.52.88">Jerome Turner</a>, died in office. <li> 2013 Aug 23: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccallen-mccarter.html#806.91.13">Jon Phipps McCalla</a>, took senior status. <li> 2015 Jul 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mayne-mcallen.html#449.00.62">Samuel H. Mays, Jr.</a>, took senior status. <li> 2017 Mar 18: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breen-brenizer.html#767.17.55">J. Daniel Breen</a>, took senior status. </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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