Albert John Henderson (December 12, 1920 – May 11, 1999) was a
United States circuit judge
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of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
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and the
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
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and earlier was a United States district judge of the
.
Education and career
Born in
Canton,
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, Henderson was a Sergeant in the
United States Army
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from 1943 to 1945, and then received a
Bachelor of Laws
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from the
Walter F. George School of Law
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at
Mercer University
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in 1947. He was an underwriter for Lawyers Title Insurance Company in
Atlanta
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, Georgia from 1947 to 1948, and was in private practice in
Marietta
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, Georgia from 1948 to 1960. He was a trial attorney of the Assistant State Solicitor General's Office of the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit from 1949 to 1952. He was a judge of the Juvenile Court of
Cobb County
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, Georgia from 1953 to 1960, and then on the Superior Court of Cobb County from 1961 to 1968.
Federal judicial service
On September 25, 1968, Henderson was nominated by President
Lyndon B. Johnson
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to a seat on the
vacated by Judge
Lewis Render Morgan
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. Henderson was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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on October 10, 1968, and received his commission on October 11, 1968. He served as Chief Judge from 1976 to 1979. His service terminated on July 26, 1979, due to his elevation to the Fifth Circuit.
On April 18, 1979, President
Jimmy Carter
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nominated Henderson to a new seat on the
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
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* Eastern District of Louisiana
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created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 12, 1979, receiving his commission the following day. On October 1, 1981, Henderson was reassigned by
operation of law
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to the
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
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* Middle District of Alabama
* Northern District of Alabama
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. He assumed
senior status
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on January 31, 1986, serving in that capacity until his death, in Marietta.
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1920 births
1999 deaths
Georgia (U.S. state) state court judges
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20th-century American judges
People from Canton, Georgia
People from Marietta, Georgia
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