Herschel Whitfield Arant (July 18, 1887 – January 14, 1941), frequently known as H. W. Arant,Newspaper mentions of Judge H. W. Arant
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of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and former dean of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.

Education and career

Born in Church Hill,

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, Arant received a

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degree from the

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in 1910. He went on to receive a

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degree from

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in 1911, a

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degree from the same institution in 1913, and a

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from

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in 1915. Arant entered private practice in

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, Georgia from 1915 to 1920. He was a professor of law at the

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from 1916 to 1920, and then the

as an assistant professor from 1920 to 1922. He was a professor of law and dean at the

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from 1922 to 1928, and then moved to hold the same positions at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law from 1928 to 1939.

Federal judicial service

Arant was nominated by President

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on February 9, 1939, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, to a new seat authorized by 52 Stat. 584. He was confirmed by the

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on February 21, 1939, and received his commission on March 4, 1939. His service terminated on January 14, 1941, due to his death.

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Herschel Whitfield Arant
History of the Sixth Circuit {{DEFAULTSORT:Arant, Herschel W. 1887 births 1941 deaths University of Alabama alumni Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit United States court of appeals judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt 20th-century American judges Yale Law School alumni Emory University faculty Yale Law School faculty University of Kansas faculty Ohio State University faculty Moritz College of Law faculty People from Tallapoosa County, Alabama