Rufus Edward Foster

1871–1942 · Mathews County, VA

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of LouisianaJudgeTheodore Roosevelt (Republican)Feb 2, 1909Appointment to Another Judicial Position, Jan 19, 1925
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitJudgeCalvin Coolidge (Republican)Jan 13, 1925Death, Aug 23, 1942

Education

  • Tulane University Law School, LL.B., 1895

Professional Career

U.S. Army lieutenant, 1898-1899; Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1905-1908; U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1908; Professor of law, Tulane University Law School, 1912-1927; dean, 1920-1927; Member, Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (now Judicial Conference of the United States), 1935-1941

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