Elwood Hamilton

Personal

Birthday: 
2/22/1883
Birthplace: 
Benson, KY
Date of Death: 
9/19/1945
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1905-1922
State representative, Kentucky, 1912-1914
Collector of internal revenue, State of Kentucky, 1917-1922
Private practice, Louisville, Kentucky, 1922-1935

Education

Name of School: 
University of Louisville Law Department
Degree: 
LL.B.
Degree Year: 
1904

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky
Court Name: 

Kentucky Western District Court

President Nominating: 
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
6/20/1935
Termination Date: 
4/1/1938
Termination Reason: 
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Court Name - Second: 

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second: 
3/4/1938
Termination Date - Second: 
9/19/1945
Termination Reason - Second: 
Death