Howell Cobb (judge)
Howell Cobb | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | |
| In office March 1, 2001 – September 16, 2005 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | |
| In office April 4, 1985 – March 1, 2001 | |
| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Seat established by 98 Stat. 333 |
| Succeeded by | Ron Clark |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Howell Cobb December 7, 1922 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | September 16, 2005 (aged 82) Castine, Maine, U.S. |
| Education | University of Virginia (LL.B.) |
Howell Cobb (December 7, 1922 – September 16, 2005) was a Texas lawyer and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Education and career
Born in
Pensacola Naval Air Station in 1945. He then returned to school, receiving a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1948. He went into private practice, first in Houston, Texas, from 1949 to 1954, and then in Beaumont, Texas, from 1954 to 1985.[1]
Federal judicial service
On February 26, 1985, President
Personal
Cobb and his wife, Amelie, had six children. Cobb was the great grandson of the former governor of Georgia and Civil War figure Howell Cobb.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Cobb, Howell – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
- ^ "Judge Howell Cobb". www.broussardsmortuary.com.
Sources
- "Visiting federal judge dies in Castine Sept. 16", Bangor Daily News (Maine) (September 19, 2005), B3.
- Howell Cobb at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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