Eldon Brooks Mahon
Eldon Brooks Mahon | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas | |
In office October 1, 1989 – December 3, 2005 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas | |
In office July 3, 1972 – October 1, 1989 | |
Appointed by | Richard Nixon |
Preceded by | Joe Ewing Estes |
Succeeded by | John H. McBryde |
Personal details | |
Born | Eldon Brooks Mahon April 9, 1918 Loraine, Texas |
Died | December 3, 2005 Fort Worth, Texas | (aged 87)
Education | McMurry University (B.A.) University of Texas School of Law (LL.B.) |
Eldon Brooks Mahon (April 9, 1918 – December 3, 2005) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Education and career
Born in Loraine, Texas, Mahon received a Bachelor of Arts degree from McMurry University in 1939 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Texas School of Law in 1942.
He was in the
Federal judicial service
Mahon was nominated by President Richard Nixon on June 23, 1972, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated by Judge Joe Ewing Estes. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 28, 1972, and received his commission on July 3, 1972. He assumed senior status on October 1, 1989. Mahon served in that capacity until his death on December 3, 2005, in Fort Worth, Texas.[1]
References
- ^ a b Eldon Brooks Mahon at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Sources
- Eldon Brooks Mahon at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.