Xenophon Hicks

1872–1952 · Clinton, TN

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of TennesseeJudgeWarren G. Harding (Republican)Mar 2, 1923Appointment to Another Judicial Position, Jun 12, 1928
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of TennesseeJudgeWarren G. Harding (Republican)Mar 2, 1923Appointment to Another Judicial Position, May 23, 1928
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitJudgeCalvin Coolidge (Republican)May 23, 1928Death, Nov 2, 1952

Education

  • U.S. Grant University (now Tennessee Wesleyan College), A.B., 1891
  • Cumberland School of Law, LL.B., 1892

Professional Career

Private practice, Clinton, Tennessee, 1892-1898; City attorney, Clinton, Tennessee, 1892-1893; County attorney, Anderson County, Tennessee, 1894-1896; U.S. Army, 1898; Alderman/mayor, Clinton, Tennessee; State senator, Tennessee, 1911; Assistant attorney general, Second Judicial Circuit, State of Tennessee, 1911-1913; Judge, Tennessee Criminal and Law Court, Second Judicial Circuit, 1913-1918; Judge, Tennessee Circuit Court, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, 1918-1923; Member, Conference of Senior Circuit Judges, 1938-1948, and Judicial Conference of the United States, 1948-1951

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