Benjamin Dawkins, Sr.

Benjamin Cornwell Dawkins, Sr. (1881-1966) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

Dawkins was nominated to the Western District of Louisiana by President Calvin Coolidge on April 25, 1924, to a seat vacated by George W. Jack; he was confirmed by the Senate on May 5, 1924, and received commission that same day. From 1948-1953, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on May 17, 1953. He served the Western District of Louisiana until his death on August 22, 1966.^[1] Dawkins was succeeded in this position by his son, Benjamin Dawkins, Jr..

Early life and education

• Tulane Law School, LL.B., 1906^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Monroe, Louisiana, 1906-1912
• Judge, Louisiana District Court, 1912-1918
• Associate justice, Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1918-1924^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Western District of Louisiana

Dawkins was nominated to the Western District of Louisiana by President Calvin Coolidge on April 25, 1924, to a seat vacated by George W. Jack; he was confirmed by the Senate on May 5, 1924, and received commission that same day. From 1948-1953, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on May 17, 1953. He served the Western District of Louisiana until his death on August 22, 1966.^[1] Dawkins was succeeded in this position by his son, Benjamin Dawkins, Jr..

External links

• Judge Dawkins's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
Active judges	Chief Judge: Terry A. Doughty   •  Maurice Hicks  •  Robert Summerhays  •  James Cain, Jr.  •  David Joseph  •  Jerry Edwards Jr.
Senior judges	Tucker Melancon  •  Donald Walter (Louisiana)  •  Dee Drell  •  James Trimble  •  Robert James  •  Elizabeth Erny Foote  •
Magistrate judges	Mark Hornsby  •  Patrick Hanna  •  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)  •

v • e Federal judges nominated by Calvin Coolidge
1923	Cochran
1924	Boynton • Davis • Dawkins, Sr. • Graham • Hand • Jones • Kennamer • Kerrigan • Martin • McCormick • Moorman • Pray • Young
1925	A. Anderson • H. Anderson • Baltzell • Beattie • Booth • Burns • Clark • Dawson • Foster • Henning • Hough • Johnson • McCamant • Meekins • Molyneaux • Moorman • Moscowitz • Otis • Parker • Raymond • Sanborn • Slick • St. Sure • Stone • Thacher • Van Valkenburgh
1926	Cavanah • Dietrich • Moss • Swan • Tilson
1927	Adler • Bryant • F. Coleman • W. Coleman • Hand • Hayes • Kirkpatrick • Letts • McNary • Moinet • Northcott • Tilson • Wham
1928	Borah • Burrows • Cline • Cotteral • Deaver • Dewey • Gordon • Green • Hahn • Hickenlooper • Hicks • Louderback • Martineau • McCarthy • McDermott • McVicar • Norcross • Sinnott • Taylor • Tilson • Vaught • West
1929	Akerman • Chase • Cox • Fake • Garrett • Nevin • Ritter • Woodward