Elmo Pearce Lee

Elmo Pearce Lee (February 10, 1882 – July 26, 1949) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit .

Contents

• 1 Education and career

• 2 Federal judicial service

• 3 References

• 4 Sources

Education and career

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Born in Coushatta , Louisiana , Lee received a Bachelor of Laws from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University in 1911. He was in private practice in Mansfield , Louisiana from 1911 to 1928, and in Shreveport , Louisiana from 1928 to 1943.

Federal judicial service

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Lee was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on November 5, 1943, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated by Judge Rufus Edward Foster . He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 30, 1943, and received his commission on December 17, 1943. Lee died in office on July 26, 1949.

References

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   Elmo Pearce Lee at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

Sources

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• Elmo Pearce Lee at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

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