Edwin Ruthven Holmes (October 1, 1878 – December 10, 1961) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

Edwin R. Holmes
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In office
November 30, 1954 – December 10, 1961
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In office
March 20, 1936 – November 30, 1954
Appointed byFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byNathan Philemon Bryan
Succeeded byBenjamin Franklin Cameron
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
In office
October 24, 1918 – March 1, 1929
Appointed byWoodrow Wilson
Preceded byHenry Clay Niles
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
In office
October 24, 1918 – April 6, 1936
Appointed byWoodrow Wilson
Preceded byHenry Clay Niles
Succeeded bySidney Carr Mize
Personal details
Born
Edwin Ruthven Holmes

(1878-10-01)October 1, 1878
Sidon, Mississippi
DiedDecember 10, 1961(1961-12-10) (aged 83)
EducationMillsaps College
University of Mississippi
University of Texas School of Law (LLB)

Education and career

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Born in Sidon, Mississippi, Holmes graduated from Millsaps College in 1896 and from the University of Mississippi in 1899. He received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, and was in private practice of law in Yazoo City, Mississippi from 1900 to 1918. He was Mayor of Yazoo City from 1904 to 1908.[1]

Federal judicial service

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Holmes was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on October 17, 1918, to a joint seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi vacated by Judge Henry Clay Niles. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 24, 1918, and received his commission the same day. His service in the Northern District terminated on March 1, 1929, due to his reassignment. His service in the Southern District terminated on April 6, 1936, due to his elevation to the Fifth Circuit.[1]

Holmes was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 23, 1935, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated by Judge Nathan Philemon Bryan. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 19, 1936, and received his commission on March 20, 1936. He assumed senior status on November 30, 1954. His service terminated on December 10, 1961, due to his death.[1]

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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
1918–1929
Succeeded by
Seat abolished
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
1918–1936
Succeeded by
Preceded by Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1936–1954
Succeeded by