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Ernest Ford CochranSilhouette Placeholder Image.pngNonpartisanPrior offices:United States District Court for the District of South CarolinaU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of South CarolinaYears in office: 1924 - 1934EducationLawUniversity of Virginia School of Law, 1888PersonalBirthplaceAnderson, SC

Contents

  • 1 Early life and education
  • 2 Professional career
  • 3 Judicial nominations and appointments
    • 3.1 District of South Carolina
  • 4 External links
  • 5 Footnotes

Ernest Ford Cochran (1865-1934) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina.

He received a recess appointment from President Calvin Coolidge on November 22, 1923 to replace Henry A. M. Smith. On December 15, 1923, he was nominated. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 17, 1924, and received commission on January 21st. He served until his death on March 4, 1934. Cochran was succeeded in this position by Francis Kerschner Myers.

Early life and education

  • University of Virginia School of Law, LL.B., 1888

Professional career

  • Private practice, Anderson, South Carolina, 1889-1923
  • Commissioner, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, 1889-1891
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, District of South Carolina, 1891-1892, 1898-1905
  • City attorney, Anderson, South Carolina, 1898-1900
  • U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina, 1906-1914
  • U.S. Attorney for the Western District of South Carolina, 1921-1923

Judicial nominations and appointments

District of South Carolina

Cochran received a recess appointment from President Calvin Coolidge on November 22, 1923 to replace Henry A. M. Smith.[1] On December 15, 1923, he was nominated. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 17, 1924, and received commission on January 21st. He served until his death on March 4, 1934. Cochran was succeeded in this position by Francis Kerschner Myers.

External links

  • Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center.
  • Biography from the University of South Carolina School of Law.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center
Political offices
Preceded by:Henry Augustus Middleton Smith District of South Carolina1924–1934Seat #1 Succeeded by:Francis Kerschner Myers
Calvin Coolidge v • eFederal judges nominated by Calvin Coolidge
1923

Cochran

1924

Boynton • Davis • Dawkins, Sr. • Graham • Hand • Jones • Kennamer • Kerrigan • Martin • McCormick • Moorman • Pray • Young

1925

A. Anderson • H. Anderson • Baltzell • Beattie • Booth • Burns • Clark • Dawson • Foster • Henning • Hough • Johnson • McCamant • Meekins • Molyneaux • Moorman • Moscowitz • Otis • Parker • Raymond • Sanborn • Slick • St. Sure • Stone • Thacher •

Van Valkenburgh
1926

Cavanah • Dietrich • Moss • Swan • Tilson

1927

Adler • Bryant • F. Coleman • W. Coleman • Hand • Hayes • Kirkpatrick • Letts • McNary • Moinet • Northcott • Tilson • Wham

1928

Borah • Burrows • Cline • Cotteral • Deaver • Dewey • Gordon • Green • Hahn • Hickenlooper • Hicks • Louderback • Martineau • McCarthy • McDermott • McVicar • Norcross • Sinnott • Taylor • Tilson • Vaught • West

1929

Akerman • Chase • Cox • Fake • Garrett • Nevin • Ritter • Woodward

Flag of South Carolina.svg v • eFederal judges who have served the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Active judges

Chief Judge: Timothy M. Cain   •  David Norton (South Carolina judge)  •  Bruce Hendricks  •  Richard Mark Gergel  •  Mary Geiger Lewis  •  Jacquelyn Austin  •  Donald Coggins Jr.  •  Sherri Lydon  •  Joseph Dawson (South Carolina)

Senior judges

Joseph Anderson  •  Henry Herlong  •  Cameron Currie  •  Terry Wooten  •  Robert Harwell  •  

Magistrate judges Robert Buchanan  •  Paige Jones Gossett  •  Thomas Rogers  •  Shiva Hodges  •  Kevin McDonald (South Carolina)  •  Kaymani West  •  Mary Gordon Baker  •  Molly Cherry  •  
Former Article III judges

Thomas Bee  •  William Drayton  •  John Drayton  •  Thomas Lee  •  Robert Budd Gilchrist  •  Andrew Gordon Magrath  •  George Seabrook Bryan  •  William Hiram Brawley  •  Clyde Hamilton  •  William Traxler  •  Dennis Shedd  •  Charles Henry Simonton  •  Henry Augustus Middleton Smith  •  Joseph Travis Johnson  •  George Anderson  •  Patrick Duffy  •  Margaret Seymour  •  Henry Floyd  •  Henry Hitt Watkins  •  Ernest Ford Cochran  •  Robert Chapman  •  John Lyles Glenn  •  Francis Kerschner Myers  •  Charles Wyche  •  Falcon Hawkins  •  Robert Hemphill  •  Donald S. Russell  •  Charles Simons  •  Charles Weston Houck  •  Matthew Perry  •  George Timmerman  •  Julius Waring  •  William Walter Wilkins  •  Ashton Williams  •  J. Michelle Childs  •  James Robert Martin, Jr.  •  A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr.  •  

Former Chief judges

David Norton (South Carolina judge)  •  Joseph Anderson  •  Margaret Seymour  •  Terry Wooten  •  Robert Harwell  •  Falcon Hawkins  •  Robert Hemphill  •  Charles Simons  •  Solomon Blatt  •  Charles Weston Houck  •  James Robert Martin, Jr.  •  

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