Thomas Hoyt Davis | |
Office: | Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia |
Term Start: | June 30, 1961 |
Term End: | May 19, 1969 |
Office1: | Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia |
Term Start1: | 1949 |
Term End1: | 1961 |
Predecessor1: | Office established |
Successor1: | William Augustus Bootle |
Office2: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia |
Term Start2: | January 30, 1945 |
Term End2: | June 30, 1961 |
Appointer2: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Predecessor2: | Bascom Sine Deaver |
Successor2: | J. Robert Elliott |
Birth Name: | Thomas Hoyt Davis |
Birth Date: | 4 July 1892 |
Birth Place: | Braselton, Georgia, US |
Resting Place: | Vienna, Georgia, US |
Education: | Mercer University (A.B.) read law |
Thomas Hoyt Davis (July 4, 1892 – May 19, 1969) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
Born in Braselton, Georgia, Davis received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Mercer University in 1913 and read law to enter the bar in 1916. He was in private practice in Georgia from 1916 to 1926. He was a state solicitor general of the Cordele Judicial Circuit in Georgia from 1927 to 1933. He was the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia from 1933 to 1945.
On January 3, 1945, Davis was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia vacated by Judge Bascom Sine Deaver. Davis was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 29, 1945, and received his commission on January 30, 1945. He served as Chief Judge from 1949 to 1961, assuming senior status on June 30, 1961, and serving in that capacity until his death on May 19, 1969.