Leon Clarence McCord

Judge Leon Clarence McCord

Personal

Birthday:

6/21/1878

Birthplace:

Conyers, GA

Date of Death:

2/11/1952

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Scottsboro, Alabama, 1900-1903
Secretary, Supreme Court of Alabama, 1903-1909
Private practice, Montgomery, Alabama, 1910-1916, 1935-1938
Railroad commissioner, State of Alabama, 1911-1915
Judge, Alabama Circuit Court, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, 1916-1935; presiding judge, 1919-1935
Democratic candidate for governor, Alabama, 1934

Education

Name of School:

Vanderbilt University

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Degree Year - Second:

1900

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Court Name:

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating:

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

6/24/1938

Retirement from Active Service:

2/26/1951

Termination Date:

2/11/1952

Termination Reason:

Death