Woodrow Wilson Jones

Biography of Woodrow Wilson Jones

Family Name (Surname): Jones
First Name: Woodrow
Middle Name: Wilson
Date of Birth: January , 26 , 1914
Place of Birth (POB): Rutherfordton , North Carolina (US-NC, NC, 37, N.C., N. Car)
Date of Death: November , 25 , 2002
Place of Death (POD): Rutherfordton , North Carolina (US-NC, NC, 37, N.C., N. Car)
Gender Identity: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White

Court Name: United States District Court, Western District of North Carolina
Court Type: United States District Court
Appointment under the Presidency of: Lyndon B. Johnson ( Democratic )
Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 06/27/1967
American Bar Association (ABA) Ratings of judicial nominees (majority rating): Qualified
Seat vacated by: Craven, Jr. , J. Braxton
Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 06/27/1967
Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
Committee action date: 06/28/1967
Senate voice vote?: Yes
Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 06/28/1967
Commission Date: 06/28/1967
Date of Service as Chief Judge (begin): 1968
Termination of Service as Chief Judge (Date): 1984
Retirement from Active Service: 02/01/1985
Date of Termination: 11/25/2002
Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Private practice, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, 1937-1944, 1946-1950, 1956-1967
City attorney, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, 1940-1943
Prosecutor, Rutherford County [North Carolina] Recorder's Court, 1941-1943
U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant junior grade, 1944-1946
State representative, North Carolina, 1947-1949
U.S. representative from North Carolina, 1950-1957