John McDuffie

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::summary American judge and politician (1883–1950) ::

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Field	Value
name	John McDuffie
image	John McDuffie2.jpg
caption	McDuffie, 1920s
office	Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
term_start	February 8, 1935
term_end	November 1, 1950
appointer	Franklin D. Roosevelt
predecessor	Robert Tait Ervin
successor	Daniel Holcombe Thomas
state1	Alabama
district1
term_start1	March 4, 1919
term_end1	March 2, 1935
predecessor1	Oscar Lee Gray
successor1	Frank W. Boykin
office2	Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
term2	1907-1911
birth_date
birth_place	River Ridge, Alabama, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
resting_place	Pine Crest Cemetery
Mobile, Alabama
party	Democratic
education	Auburn University (B.Sc.)
University of Alabama (LL.B.)
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John McDuffie (September 25, 1883 – November 1, 1950) was a United States representative from Alabama and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.

Education and career

Born on September 25, 1883, in River Ridge, Monroe County, Alabama, McDuffie was educated by private tutors. He attended college at Southern University (now Birmingham–Southern College) in Greensboro and later attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) in Auburn, Alabama, where he in graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1904. McDuffie received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1908. He was admitted to the bar the same year. A Democrat, he was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 1907 and served until 1911. McDuffie was in private practice of law in Monroeville, Alabama from 1911 to 1919. He later became a prosecutor for the First Judicial Circuit Court of Alabama and served there until 1919.

Congressional service

McDuffie was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1918, and served from March 4, 1919, until his resignation on March 2, 1935. During his tenure in the House he served as Minority Whip for 71st Congress, and later as Majority Whip for 72nd Congress. He also served as Chairman of the United States House Committee on Insular Affairs in 73rd and 74th Congress. He co-authored the Philippine Independence Act which provided for self-government of the Philippines and for Filipino independence from the United States after a period of ten years.

Federal judicial service

McDuffie was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 31, 1935, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama vacated by Judge Robert Tait Ervin. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 7, 1935, and received his commission on February 8, 1935. His service terminated on November 1, 1950, due to his death in Mobile, Alabama. He was interred in Pine Crest Cemetery in Mobile.

References

Sources

| state=Alabama | district=1 | before=Oscar Lee Gray | years=1919–1935 | after=Frank W. Boykin | title=House Minority Whip | before=William Allan Oldfield (D-AR) | years=1929–1931 | after=Carl G. Bachmann (R-WV) | title=House Majority Whip | before=Albert Henry Vestal (R-IN) | years=1931–1933 | after=Arthur H. Greenwood (D-IN) | title=House Democratic Whip | before=William Allan Oldfield (AR) | years=1929–1933 | after=Arthur H. Greenwood (IN)

References

1. {{FJC Bio. 1546
2. {{Biographical Directory of Congress. M000427
3. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Mcduer to Mcfarlan".

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