Jesse Corcoran Adkins

Biography of Jesse Corcoran Adkins

Family Name (Surname): Adkins
First Name: Jesse
Middle Name: Corcoran
Date of Birth: April , 13 , 1879
Place of Birth (POB): Knoxville , Tennessee (US-TN, TN, 47, Tenn)
Date of Death: March , 29 , 1955
Place of Death (POD): Washington , District of Columbia (US-DC, DC, 11, D.C., Wash. D.C.)
Gender Identity: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White

Court Name: United States District Court for the District of Columbia [Supreme Court of the District of Columbia]
Court Type: United States District Court
Appointment under the Presidency of: Herbert Hoover ( Republican )
Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 06/06/1930
Seat vacated by: Wheat , Alfred A.
Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 06/06/1930
Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
Committee action date: 06/16/1930
Senate voice vote?: Yes
Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 06/17/1930
Commission Date: 06/17/1930
Retirement from Active Service: 10/15/1946
Date of Termination: 03/29/1955
Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Name of School: Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)
Degree: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
Law Degree Year: 1899

Law Degree (Name of School): Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)
Degree: Master of Laws (LL.M.)
Law Degree Year: 1900

Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1905-1908
Special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1908-1911, 1914-1916
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1908-1911, 1916-1930
Assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1911-1914
Faculty, Georgetown University Law School, 1910-1945