Thomas Hoyt Davis Explained

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.)
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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.

Education and career

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.

Federal judicial service

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.