David Davie Shelby

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Prior offices

U.S. Circuit Courts for the 5th Circuit

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United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit

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## Contents

* 1 Education
* 2 Professional career
* 3 External links
* 4 Footnotes

David Davie Shelby (1847-1914) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.

He was nominated by President William McKinley on February 21, 1899. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 2, 1899, and received commission that same day. He served until his death on August 22, 1914.[1]

## Education[edit]

* Cumberland University
* Read law, 1870[1]

## Professional career[edit]

* Army of the Confederacy, Civil War
* Private practice, Huntsville, Alabama, 1870-1899
* City attorney, Huntsville, Alabama, 1874-
* Member, Alabama State Senate, 1882-1884[1]

## External links[edit]

* Obituary from The New York Times, published 1914

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Judge Shelby's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.

Political offices

Preceded by:
NA - new seat | Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
1899-1914  | Succeeded by:
Richard Wilde Walker

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Federal judges who have served the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

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Active judges|

Chief Judge: Priscilla Richman • Don Willett • James Dennis • James Graves • Carl Stewart • Edith Jones • Leslie Southwick • Jennifer Elrod • Catharina Haynes • Jerry Edwin Smith (Fifth Circuit) • Kurt Engelhardt • Stephen Higginson • Cory Wilson • Stuart Kyle Duncan • James Ho • Andrew Oldham

Senior judges|

Carolyn King • Patrick Higginbotham • John Duhe • Edith Clement • Fortunato Benavides • Jacques Wiener • W. Eugene Davis • Grady Jolly • Rhesa Barksdale •

Former judges|  John Minor Wisdom • Edward Harris • Peter Fay • John Godbold • Robert Lanier Anderson • Phyllis Kravitch • Gerald Tjoflat • Joseph Hatchett • Albert Henderson • Paul Roney • David Dyer • Elbert Tuttle • Thomas Clark (Eleventh Circuit) • Richard Rives • Robert Vance • Lewis Morgan • James Hill (Eleventh Circuit) • Andrew Phelps McCormick • Don Albert Pardee • Thomas Reavley • Harold DeMoss • Edward Prado • Robert Madden Hill • Alvin Rubin • Henry Politz • Reynaldo Garza • Albert Tate, Jr. • Jerre Williams • Robert Parker • Charles Pickering • David Davie Shelby • Rufus Edward Foster • Robert Lynn Batts • Nathan Philemon Bryan • Edwin Ruthven Holmes • Joseph Chappell Hutcheson • Alexander Campbell King • Samuel Hale Sibley • Claude Feemster Clayton • Richard Wilde Walker • Wayne Borah • Louie Willard Strum • Irving Goldberg • Leon McCord • Warren Leroy Jones • Robert Ainsworth • Joe Ingraham • William Thornberry • George Carswell • Curtis Waller • Griffin Bell • John Robert Brown (Federal judge) • Benjamin Cameron • James Coleman (federal judge) • Thomas Gee • Walter Gewin • Samuel Johnson • Elmo Lee • John Bryan Simpson • Frank M. Johnson, Jr. • Charles Clark (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit) • Robert Lee Russell (Federal judge) • Gregg Costa •
Former Chief judges|

John Godbold • Elbert Tuttle • Richard Rives • Carl Stewart • Carolyn King • Henry Politz • Joseph Chappell Hutcheson • John Robert Brown (Federal judge) • James Coleman (federal judge) • Charles Clark (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit) •

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Federal judges nominated by William McKinley

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1897|

Bradford • DeHaven • McKenna • Morrow • Purnell • Tenney

1898|

Ewart • Lowell • Meek • Thomas • Thompson • Waddill

1899|

Barnard • Clabaugh • Day • Evans • Fischer • Gray • Grosscup • Hook • Howell • Kohlsaat • McPherson •

Shelby
1900|

Boyd • De Vries • Hazel • McPherson • Severens • Trieber • Wanty

1901|

Adams • Anderson • Archbald • Cochran • Humphrey • Keller • Wing