Rhydon Mays Call (January 13, 1858 – December 15, 1927) was a
United States district judge
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of the
.
Education and career
Born on January 13, 1858, in
Fernandina Beach Fernandina may refer to:
*Fernandina Beach, Florida
**Original Town of Fernandina Historic Site
*Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands
*Fernandina (fruit), a citrus
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,
Florida
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, Call received a
Bachelor of Laws
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in 1878 from
Washington and Lee University School of Law
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. He was the nephew of U.S. Senator
Wilkinson Call
Wilkinson Call (January 9, 1834August 24, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1879 to 1897.
Biography
Wilkinson Call, nephew of Territorial Governor of Florida Richard K. Call an ...
.
Webb's historical, industrial and biographical Florida
/ref> He entered private practice in Jacksonville
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, Florida from 1881 to 1893. He was a Judge of the Circuit Court of Florida for the Fourth Judicial Circuit from 1893 to 1913.
Federal judicial service
Call received a recess appointment
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from President Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. He was the only History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democrat to serve as president during the Prog ...
on March 26, 1913, to a seat on the vacated by Judge John Moses Cheney
John Moses Cheney (January 6, 1859 – June 2, 1922) was a Florida attorney and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. A Republican, Cheney represented African American clients ...
. He was nominated to the same position by President Wilson on April 12, 1913. He was confirmed by the United States Senate
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on April 24, 1913, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on December 15, 1927, due to his death.
References
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1858 births
1927 deaths
Washington and Lee University alumni
Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
United States district court judges appointed by Woodrow Wilson
People from Fernandina Beach, Florida