Don Albert Pardee

Don Pardee
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In office
June 16, 1891  September 26, 1919
Preceded by Seat established
Succeeded by Alexander King
Judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Fifth Circuit
In office
May 13, 1881  June 16, 1891
Appointed by James Garfield
Preceded by William Woods
Succeeded by Seat abolished
Personal details
Born (1837-03-29)March 29, 1837
Wadsworth, Ohio, U.S.
Died September 26, 1919(1919-09-26) (aged 82)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Political party Republican

Don Albert Pardee (March 29, 1837 September 26, 1919) was a United States federal judge.

Early life

Born in Wadsworth, Ohio, Pardee read law to enter the Bar in 1859, and was in private practice in Medina County, Ohio from 1859 to 1861.

Career

He was in the United States Army during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865, returning to private practice in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1865 to 1868. He was a Register in Bankruptcy in New Orleans in 1867, and a judge on the Second Judicial District of Louisiana from 1868 to 1880. He was a Delegate to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention in 1879, and an unsuccessful Republican candidate for state attorney general of Louisiana in 1879. He was again in private practice in New Orleans from 1880 to 1881.

On March 14, 1881, Pardee was nominated by President James A. Garfield to a seat on the United States circuit court for the Fifth Circuit vacated by the elevation of William Burnham Woods to the United States Supreme Court. Pardee was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 13, 1881, and received his commission the same day. On June 16, 1891, Pardee was reassigned by operation of law to the newly created United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, serving thereafter until his death, in Atlanta, Georgia. Having spent over 38 years on the federal bench, he was President Garfield's longest-serving judicial appointee.

References

Legal offices
Preceded by
William Woods
Judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Fifth Circuit
1881–1891
Seat abolished
New seat Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1891–1919
Succeeded by
Alexander King
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