Ben_Moore_(judge)

Ben Moore (judge)

Ben Moore (judge)

American judge

Ben Moore (January 1, 1891 – September 25, 1958) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

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Education and career

Born in Salyersville, Kentucky, Moore read law in 1915, and was in private practice in Charleston, West Virginia from 1915 to 1940. He was a Commissioner in Chancery for the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia from 1918 to 1940, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Kanawha County in 1941.[1]

Federal judicial service

Moore was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 1, 1941, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia vacated by Judge George Warwick McClintic. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 20, 1941, and received his commission on March 27, 1941. He served as Chief Judge from 1948 to 1958. His service terminated on September 25, 1958, due to his death.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Ben Moore at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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