Elijah Allen Cox

Personal

Birthday: 
2/16/1887
Birthplace: 
Baldwin, MS
Date of Death: 
8/28/1974
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Baldwyn, Mississippi, 1911-1924
U.S. Army, World War I
Chancellor, First Chancery Court of Mississippi, 1924-1929

Education

Name of School: 
Vanderbilt University
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1909
Name of School - Second: 
Read law
Degree Year - Second: 
1911

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi
Court Name: 

Mississippi Northern District Court

President Nominating: 
Calvin Coolidge
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
3/2/1929
Retirement from Active Service: 
3/22/1957
Termination Date: 
8/28/1974
Termination Reason: 
Death