Edwin Ruthven Holmes

Judge Edwin Ruthven Holmes

Personal

Birthday:

10/1/1878

Birthplace:

Sidon, MS

Date of Death:

12/10/1961

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Yazoo City, Mississippi, 1900-1918
Mayor, Yazoo City, Mississippi, 1904-1908

Education

Name of School:

Millsaps College

Degree Year:

1896

Name of School - Second:

University of Mississippi

Degree Year - Second:

1899

Name of School - Third:

University of Texas School of Law

Only a large law school devoted to excellence across the range of modern legal education can offer this diversity. UT manages to do so while at the same time offering students intimate settings for study and recreation. The entering class is divided into eight extracurricular Societies, which become hubs of fun and friendship. The first year curriculum includes small classes offering individual attention, and the upper class curriculum is studded with seminars, colloquia, and clinics. Large class or small, good teaching is the norm. Student satisfaction surveys place Texas at or near the top year after year; our teaching track record is seldom matched by any other law school.

Degree - Third:

LL.B.

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi

Court Name:

Mississippi Northern District Court

President Nominating:

Woodrow Wilson

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

10/24/1918

Termination Date:

3/1/1929

Termination Reason:

Reassignment

Court Name - Second:

U. S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi

Court Name - Second:

Mississippi Southern District Court

Commission Date - Second:

10/24/1918

Termination Date - Second:

4/6/1936

Termination Reason - Second:

Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Court Name - Third:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Court Name - Third:

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Third:

3/20/1936

Retirement from Active Service - Third:

11/30/1954

Termination Date - Third:

12/10/1961

Termination Reason - Third:

Death