Abraham Conger

Abraham Benjamin Conger (1887-1953) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.

Conger was nominated by President Harry Truman on May 19, 1949, to a new seat created by 63 Stat. 16;^[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on June 2, 1949, and received commission on June 6th. He served until his death on December 9, 1953. Conger was succeeded in this position by William Bootle.

Early life and education

• Mercer University, A.B., 1911
• Mercer University, LL.B., 1912

Professional career

• Private practice, Bainbridge, Georgia, 1912-1949
• Member, Georgia House of Representatives, 1915-1916
• Mayor, Bainbridge, Georgia, 1922-1923

Judicial nominations and appointments

=Middle District of Georgia

Conger was nominated by President Harry Truman on May 19, 1949, to a new seat created by 63 Stat. 16;^[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on June 2, 1949, and received commission on June 6th. He served until his death on December 9, 1953. Conger was succeeded in this position by William Bootle.

External links

• Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
Active judges	Chief Judge: Leslie Abrams Gardner   •  Clay Land  •  Tilman E. Self III  •  Marc Thomas Treadwell
Senior judges	Willie Sands  •  Ashley Royal  •
Magistrate judges	Charles Weigle  •  Thomas Langstaff  •  M. Stephen Hyles  •
Former Article III judges	Hugh Lawson  •  Duross Fitzpatrick  •  Wilbur Owens  •  Bascom Sine Deaver  •  William Josiah Tilson  •  William Bootle  •  Abraham Conger  •  Thomas Davis (Georgia federal judge)  •  James Robert Elliott  •
Former Chief judges	Hugh Lawson  •  Duross Fitzpatrick  •  Wilbur Owens  •  Willie Sands  •  Clay Land  •  William Bootle  •  Thomas Davis (Georgia federal judge)  •  James Robert Elliott  •  Marc Thomas Treadwell  •

v • e Federal judges nominated by Harry Truman
1945	Burton • Clark • Donovan • Gilliam • Gourley • Holtzoff • Koscinski • Madden • Mathes • Mellott • S. Miller • W. Miller • Mollison • O'Connell • Orr • Prettyman • Rice
1946	Curran • Driver • Follmer • Harris • Kalodner • Kampf • Keech • Levin • Lynne • McGranery • Murphy • Rodney • Scarlett • Shelbourne • Speakman • Starr • Vinson • Weinberger
1947	Bryan, Sr. • Christenberry • Clifford • Collet • Dooley • Harper • Howell • Johnson • Jones • Lemmon • Medina • Rayfiel • Ryan • Thomason
1948	Harper • Henderson • Johnson • Kaufman • Proctor • Rao • Stephens • Tamm
1949	Allred • Andrews • Bazelon • Borah • Burns • Carter • Clark • Clary • Conger • Connally • Duffy • Erskine • Fahy • Finnegan • Foley • Ford • Gibson • Grim • Hastie • Hatch • Hill • Hooper • Kaufman • Kirkland • Lindley • Matthews • McCarthy • McGohey • McLaughlin • Minton • Murray • Noonan • Pickett • Platt • Pope • Ritter • Russell • Solomon • Sugarman • Swaim • Switzer • Taylor • Tehan • Thornton • Warlick • Washington • Westover • Wright
1950	Bastian • Byrne, Sr. • Carter • Knous • Marsh • Murphy • Simpson • Staley • Steckler • Strum • Wallace • Weinfeld • Whitehurst • Worley
1951	Dimock • Edelstein • Hartigan • Hartshorne • Leahy • Lindberg • McNamee • Medina • Modarelli • Murphy • Perry • Rives • Sheehy • Sloan • Stewart • Thomas • Tolin • Youngdahl
1952	Cole • Friedman • Williams •