Arthur Mellott
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Arthur Johnson Mellott (1888-1957) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
Mellott was nominated by President Harry Truman on November 13, 1945, to a new seat created by 59 Stat. 545; he was confirmed by the Senate on November 27, 1945, and received commission on November 29th. He served as chief judge from 1948 until his death on December 29, 1957.[1] Mellott was succeeded in this position by Arthur Stanley.
Early life and education
- Kansas City School of Law, LL.B., 1917[1]
Professional career
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Kansas, 1917-1918
- Private practice, Kansas City, Kansas, 1919-1922
- Judge, City Court of Kansas City, Kansas, 1923-1924
- County attorney, Kansas City, Kansas, 1927-1929
- Deputy commissioner of internal revenue, Washington, DC, 1934-1935
- Judge, U.S. Tax Court, 1935-1945[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
District of Kansas
Mellott was nominated by President Harry Truman on November 13, 1945, to a new seat created by 59 Stat. 545; he was confirmed by the Senate on November 27, 1945, and received commission on November 29th. He served as chief judge from 1948 until his death on December 29, 1957.[1] Mellott was succeeded in this position by Arthur Stanley.
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Arthur Mellott's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
District of Kansas 1945–1957 Seat #2T |
Succeeded by: Arthur Stanley
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| 1945 |
Burton • Clark • Donovan • Gilliam • Gourley • Holtzoff • Koscinski • Madden • Mathes • Mellott • S. Miller • W. Miller • Mollison • O'Connell • Orr • Prettyman • Rice | ||
| 1946 |
Curran • Driver • Follmer • Harris • Kalodner • Kampf • Keech • Levin • Lynne • McGranery • Murphy • Rodney • Scarlett • Shelbourne • Speakman • Starr • Vinson • Weinberger | ||
| 1947 |
Bryan, Sr. • Christenberry • Clifford • Collet • Dooley • Harper • Howell • Johnson • Jones • Lemmon • Medina • Rayfiel • Ryan • Thomason | ||
| 1948 |
Harper • Henderson • Johnson • Kaufman • Proctor • Rao • Stephens • Tamm | ||
| 1949 |
Allred • Andrews • Bazelon • Borah • Burns • Carter • Clark • Clary • Conger • Connally • Duffy • Erskine • Fahy • Finnegan • Foley • Ford • Gibson • Grim • Hastie • Hatch • Hill • Hooper • Kaufman • Kirkland • Lindley • Matthews • McCarthy • McGohey • McLaughlin • Minton • Murray • Noonan • Pickett • Platt • Pope • Ritter • Russell • Solomon • Sugarman • Swaim • Switzer • Taylor • Tehan • Thornton • Warlick • Washington • Westover • Wright | ||
| 1950 |
Bastian • Byrne, Sr. • Carter • Knous • Marsh • Murphy • Simpson • Staley • Steckler • Strum • Wallace • Weinfeld • Whitehurst • Worley | ||
| 1951 |
Dimock • Edelstein • Hartigan • Hartshorne • Leahy • Lindberg • McNamee • Medina • Modarelli • Murphy • Perry • Rives • Sheehy • Sloan • Stewart • Thomas • Tolin • Youngdahl | ||
| 1952 | |||
