West Hughes Humphreys

West Hughes Humphreys (1806-1882) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee.

He was nominated by President Franklin Pierce on March 24, 1853. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 26, 1853, and received commission that same day. He was impeached and convicted, so his service ended on June 26, 1862.^[1] Humphreys was succeeded in this position by Connally Findlay Trigg.

Early life and education

• Transylvania Law Department
• Read law, 1828^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Clarksville, Tennessee, 1828-1829
• Private practice, Somerville, Tennessee, 1829-1839
• Member, Tennessee House of Representatives, 1835-1838
• State attorney general, Tennessee, 1839-1851
• Reporter of Supreme Court of Tennessee, 1839-1851
• Private practice, Nashville, Tennessee, 1851-1853
• Judge, District Court of Tennessee, Confederate States of America, 1861-1865
• Private practice, Nashville, Tennessee, 1866-1882^[1]

Judicial career

Western, Middle, and Eastern Districts of Tennessee

Humphreys was nominated by President Franklin Pierce on March 24, 1853. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 26, 1853, and received commission that same day. He was impeached and convicted, so his service ended on June 26, 1862.^[1] Humphreys was succeeded in this position by Connally Findlay Trigg.

See also

• Impeachment of federal judges

External links

• Biography (dead link) from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit website.
• West Hughes Humphreys's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes