George Whitfield Jack

George Whitfield Jack

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Years in office: 1917 - 1924

Education

Bachelor's

Tulane University, 1898

Personal

Birthplace

Natchitoches, LA

George Whitfield Jack (1875-1924) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

He was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on March 6, 1917 to fill the seat vacated by Alexander Boarman. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 16th, and received commission that same day. He served until his death on March 15, 1924.^[1] Jack was succeeded in this position by Benjamin Dawkins, Sr..

Early life and education

• Tulane University, LL.B., 1898^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1898-1910
• City attorney, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1910-1913
• U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1913-1917^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Western District of Louisiana

Jack was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on March 6, 1917 to fill the seat vacated by Alexander Boarman. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 16th, and received commission that same day. He served until his death on March 15, 1924.^[1] Jack was succeeded in this position by Benjamin Dawkins, Sr..

External links

• Judge Jack's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated by Woodrow Wilson
1913	Bingham • Brown • Call • Campbell • Dooling • Neterer • Rogers • Sawtelle • Sullivan • Thomas • Woods
1914	Bledsoe • Booth • Clarke • Clayton • Covington • Dickinson • Haight • Hand • McCoy • McReynolds • Siddons • Thomson • Walker • Woolley
1915	Downey • Howe • Lambdin • Trippet • Wade
1916	Alschuler • Brandeis • Davis • Evans • Hay • Hitz • Hough • J. Johnson • T. Johnson • Manton • Stone • West • Woodrough
1917	Adamson • Batts • Ervin • Evans • Jack • C. Johnson • Neblett • Smith • Smyth • Westenhaver
1918	Anderson • Bailey • English • FitzHenry • Garvin • Holmes • Hutcheson • Knox • Manton • McCoy • Williams
1919	Donahue • Faris • Graham • Haight • Lynch • Morris • Page • Peck • Sibley • Watkins • Webb • Weller • Wilson
1920	Bodine • Bryan • Cooper • Davis • Estes • King

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
Active judges	•  Maurice Hicks  •  Robert Summerhays  •  Terry A. Doughty  •  James Cain, Jr.  •  David Joseph  •  Jerry Edwards Jr.  •  Alexander Van Hook
Senior judges	Tucker Melancon  •  Donald Walter (Louisiana)  •  Dee Drell  •  James Trimble  •  Robert James  •  Elizabeth Erny Foote  •
Magistrate judges	Mark Hornsby  •  Joseph H.L. Perez-Montes  •  Carol B. Whitehurst  •  Kayla McClusky  •
Former Article III judges	Patricia Minaldi  •  Richard Haik  •  Rebecca Doherty  •  John Dick  •  Thomas Bolling Robertson  •  Samuel Hadden Harper  •  Philip Kissick Lawrence  •  Theodore Howard McCaleb  •  Henry Boyce  •  Alexander Boarman  •  John Duhe  •  W. Eugene Davis  •  George Whitfield Jack  •  Tom Stagg  •  Gaston Porterie  •  Benjamin Dawkins, Jr.  •  Benjamin Dawkins, Sr.  •  Edwin Hunter  •  F.A. Little  •  Richard Putnam  •  Nauman Scott  •  John Shaw (Louisiana)  •  Earl Veron  •  Michael Juneau  •
Former Chief judges	Richard Haik  •  Tom Stagg  •  Dee Drell  •  Benjamin Dawkins, Jr.  •  Benjamin Dawkins, Sr.  •  Edwin Hunter  •  F.A. Little  •  Nauman Scott  •  John Shaw (Louisiana)  •