Benjamin Horsley Littleton

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Benjamin Horsley Littleton (1889-1966) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Claims.

Littleton was nominated to the Court of Claims by President Herbert Hoover. He was commissioned on November 6, 1929. He assumed senior status on October 31, 1958 and served in that capacity until his death on July 6, 1966.^[1]

Education

Cumberland University, LL.B., 1914

Professional career

Private practice, 1914-1918
Assistant U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1918-1921
Special attorney, Office of the General Counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, 1921-1924
Member, Board of Wax Appeals, 1924-1927
Chairman, Board of Wax Appeals, 1927-1929