William Wallace Lambdin (October 25, 1861 – December 20, 1916) was a

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of the

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Education and career

Born in Upson County,

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, Lambdin received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the

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in 1879 and

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to enter the bar in 1888. He was in private practice in

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, Georgia from 1888 to 1899, then in Barnesville, Georgia until 1906, and then in Waycross, Georgia from 1906 to 1915.

Federal judicial service

On March 3, 1915, Lambdin was nominated by President

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to a new seat on the

created by 38 Stat. 959. He was confirmed by the

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on March 3, 1915, and received his commission the same day. Lambdin served in that capacity for little over a year and a half, until his death on December 20, 1916.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lambdin, William Wallace 1861 births 1916 deaths Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia United States district court judges appointed by Woodrow Wilson 20th-century American judges People from Upson County, Georgia People from Barnesville, Georgia People from Waycross, Georgia United States federal judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law 19th-century American judges