Emory Marvin Underwood Explained

Emory Marvin Underwood
Office:Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Term Start:March 5, 1948
Term End:August 28, 1960
Office1:Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Term Start1:March 2, 1931
Term End1:March 5, 1948
Appointer1:Herbert Hoover
Predecessor1:Samuel Hale Sibley
Successor1:Seat abolished
Birth Name:Emory Marvin Underwood
Birth Date:11 December 1877
Birth Place:Douglas County, Georgia
Education:Vanderbilt University (B.A.)
Vanderbilt University Law School (LL.B.)

Emory Marvin Underwood (December 11, 1877 – August 28, 1960) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Education and career

Born in Douglas County, Georgia, Underwood received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University in 1900 and a Bachelor of Laws from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1902. He was in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia from 1903 to 1914, an Assistant Attorney General of the United States from 1914 to 1917, general counsel for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad from 1917 to 1919, and general solicitor for the United States Railroad Administration from 1919 to 1920. He returned to private practice in Atlanta from 1920 to 1931.

Federal judicial service

On February 7, 1931, Underwood was nominated by President Herbert Hoover to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia vacated by Judge Samuel Hale Sibley. Underwood was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 25, 1931, and received his commission on March 2, 1931. He assumed senior status on March 5, 1948. Underwood served in that capacity until his death August 28, 1960.