Beverly Daniel Evans Jr.

Beverly Daniel Evans Jr. (May 21, 1865 – May 7, 1922) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

Beverly Daniel Evans Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
In office
August 15, 1917  May 7, 1922
Appointed byWoodrow Wilson
Preceded byWilliam Wallace Lambdin
Succeeded byWilliam Hale Barrett
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
In office
1886-1887
Personal details
Born
Beverly Daniel Evans Jr.

(1865-05-21)May 21, 1865
Sandersville, Georgia,
United States
DiedMay 7, 1922(1922-05-07) (aged 56)
EducationMercer University (A.B., A.M.)

Education and career

Born in Sandersville, Georgia, Evans received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Mercer University in 1881 and an Artium Magister degree from the same institution in 1882. He was in private practice in Georgia from 1884 to 1894, serving as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1886 to 1887. He was solicitor general of Georgia's Middle Judicial Circuit from 1890 to 1897. He was a judge of the Middle Judicial Circuit of Georgia from 1899 to 1904. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia from 1904 to 1917.[1]

Federal judicial service

On August 11, 1917, Evans was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia vacated by Judge William Wallace Lambdin. Evans was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 15, 1917, and received his commission the same day. Evans served in that capacity until his death on May 7, 1922.[1]

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Legal offices
Preceded by
William Wallace Lambdin
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
1917–1922
Succeeded by
William Hale Barrett
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