Don Albert Pardee

Don Albert Pardee

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Nonpartisan

Prior offices

U.S. Circuit Courts for the 5th Circuit

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United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit

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Personal

Birthplace

Wadsworth, Ohio

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Don Albert Pardee (1837-1919) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit and the United States Circuit Courts for the Fifth Circuit.

He was nominated by President James Garfield on March 14, 1881. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 13, 1881 and received commission that same day. On June 16, 1891, he was reassigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. He served until his death on September 26, 1919.

Education

• Read law, 1859

Professional career

• Private practice, Medina County, Ohio, 1859-1861
• U.S. Army, 1861-1865
• Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1865-1868
• Register in Bankruptcy, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1867
• Judge, Second Judicial District of Louisiana, 1868-1880
• Delegate, Louisiana Constitutional Convention, 1879
• Republican candidate for state attorney general, Louisiana, 1879
• Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1880-1881

External links

• Brief biography from the website Find A Grave.
• Obituary from the New York Times, published 1919

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by: William Burnham Woods	Circuit Courts for the Fifth Circuit 1881–1891	Succeeded by: NA - court abolished
Preceded by: NA - reassigned	Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1891–1919	Succeeded by: Alexander Campbell King