William Giles Jones

William Giles Jones

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Years in office: 1860 - 1861

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United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Years in office: 1860 - 1861

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United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Years in office: 1860 - 1861

Personal

Birthplace

Virginia

William Giles Jones (1808-1883) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama.

He received a recess appointment from President James Buchanan on September 29, 1859. On January 23, 1860, he was officially nominated. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 30, 1860, and received commission that same day.^[1] He resigned on January 12, 1861. Jones was succeeded in this position by George Washington Lane.

Early life and education

• Hampden-Sidney College
• University of Virginia
• Read law, 1830

Professional career

• Private practice, Virginia, 1830-1834
• Clerk, U.S. Land Office, Demopolis, Alabama, 1834-
• Private practice, Greene and Eutaw, Alabama, 1836-1843
• Member, Alabama House of Representatives, 1843
• Private practice, Mobile, Alabama, 1843-1860
• Member, Alabama House of Representatives, 1849, 1857
• Judge, District of Alabama, Confederate States of America, 1861-1865
• Private practice, Mobile, Alabama, 1866-1883

Judicial career

Middle, Southern, and Northern Districts of Alabama

Jones received a recess appointment from President James Buchanan on September 29, 1859. On January 23, 1860, he was officially nominated. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 30, 1860, and received commission that same day.^[1] He resigned on January 12, 1861. Jones was succeeded in this position by George Washington Lane.

External links

• Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated by James Buchanan
Buchanan	Biggs • Cadwalader • Clifford • Deady • Hughes • Jones • Loring • McCandless • Nelson • Shipman

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Active judges	Chief Judge: Madeline Haikala   •  Liles Burke  •  Annemarie Carney Axon  •  Corey Maze  •  Anna Manasco  •  Edmund LaCour  •  Harold Mooty
Senior judges	Sharon Blackburn  •  Charles Smith (Alabama)  •  Inge Johnson  •  Karon Bowdre  •  David Proctor  •  Virginia Hopkins  •
Magistrate judges	John H. England  •  Staci G. Cornelius  •  Gray M. Borden  •  Herman Johnson  •  Nicholas Danella  •
Former Article III judges	James Hancock  •  Robert Propst  •  William Acker  •  U. W. Clemon  •  Scott Coogler  •  William Crawford (Alabama)  •  Charles Tait  •  John Gayle  •  William Giles Jones  •  Richard Busteed  •  George Washington Lane  •  John Bruce  •  Oscar Richard Hundley  •  Thomas Goode Jones (Alabama)  •  William Irwin Grubb  •  Henry De Lamar Clayton  •  Charles Brents Kennamer  •  David Jackson Davis (United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama judge)  •  Thomas Murphree  •  Clarence Allgood  •  Harlan Grooms  •  Elbert Haltom  •  Seybourn Lynne  •  Frank McFadden  •  Clarence Mullins  •  Edwin Nelson  •  Sam Pointer  •  Frank Hampton McFadden  •  Abdul Kallon  •  Dean Buttram Jr.  •
Former Chief judges	U. W. Clemon  •  Karon Bowdre  •  Scott Coogler  •  David Proctor  •  Seybourn Lynne  •  Frank McFadden  •  Clarence Mullins  •  Sam Pointer  •

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
Active judges	Chief Judge: Emily Coody Marks   •  Bill Lewis  •  R. Austin Huffaker
Senior judges	William Albritton  •  William Watkins (Alabama)  •  Myron Thompson  •
Magistrate judges	Susan Walker  •  Charles Coody  •  Stephen Doyle  •  Jerusha Adams  •  Kelly Pate  •
Former Article III judges	Mark Fuller  •  Truman McGill Hobbs Sr. (Alabama federal district court judge)  •  William Crawford (Alabama)  •  John Gayle  •  William Giles Jones  •  Richard Busteed  •  George Washington Lane  •  John Bruce  •  Joel Dubina  •  Thomas Goode Jones (Alabama)  •  Henry De Lamar Clayton  •  Charles Brents Kennamer  •  Ira De Ment  •  Thomas Pittman  •  Robert Varner  •  Frank M. Johnson, Jr.  •  Andrew Brasher  •
Former Chief judges	Mark Fuller  •  Truman McGill Hobbs Sr. (Alabama federal district court judge)  •  William Albritton  •  Myron Thompson  •  Robert Varner  •  Frank M. Johnson, Jr.  •

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
Active judges	Chief Judge: Jeffrey Beaverstock   •  Terry F. Moorer  •  Kristi DuBose
Senior judges	Callie Granade  •  Charles Butler  •  William Steele  •
Magistrate judges	Katherine Nelson  •  Sonja Bivins  •  P. Bradley Murray  •
Former Article III judges	William Crawford (Alabama)  •  Charles Tait  •  John Gayle  •  William Giles Jones  •  Richard Busteed  •  George Washington Lane  •  John Bruce  •  Emmett Cox  •  Harry Theophilus Toulmin  •  Robert Tait Ervin  •  John McDuffie  •  Thomas Pittman  •  William Hand  •  Daniel Thomas (Alabama)  •  Richard Vollmer  •  Alex Howard (Alabama)  •  Margaret A. Mahoney (Alabama)  •  William S. Shulman  •
Former Chief judges	Callie Granade  •  Charles Butler  •  William Steele  •  Kristi DuBose  •  Thomas Pittman  •  William Hand  •  Daniel Thomas (Alabama)  •  Alex Howard (Alabama)  •