Samuel Hale Sibley

Personal

Birthday: 
7/2/1873
Birthplace: 
Union Point, GA
Date of Death: 
10/13/1958
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Union Point, Georgia, 1893-
Judge, Green County [Georgia] Court, 1905-1912
Judge, Greensboro [Georgia] City Court, 1912-1917
District attorney, Georgia Railroad, 1917-1919

Education

Name of School: 
University of Georgia
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1892
Name of School - Second: 

University of Georgia School of Law

Impressive Faculty - Includes authors of some of our country's leading legal scholarship, recipients of UGA's highest award for teaching excellence, Fulbright scholars, former law clerks to the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts, and former editors in chief of law reviews as well as former trial and corporate attorneys. Talented Student Body - Among the most selective public law schools in the nation, with LSATs of entering students near the top 10 percent of test takers nationwide and outstanding undergraduate GPAs.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1893

Judicial Career

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

Georgia Northern District Court

President Nominating: 
Woodrow Wilson
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
8/5/1919
Termination Date: 
1/30/1931
Termination Reason: 
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Court Name - Second: 

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second: 
1/24/1931
Retirement from Active Service - Second: 
10/1/1949
Termination Date - Second: 
10/13/1958
Termination Reason - Second: 
Death