George Harrold Carswell
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| Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
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In office May 12, 1969 – April 20, 1970 |
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| Appointed by | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Paul Roney |
| Chief Judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida | |
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In office April 10, 1958 – June 20, 1969 |
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| Preceded by | Dozier DeVane |
| Succeeded by | Winston Arnow |
| Judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida | |
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In office April 10, 1958 – June 20, 1969 |
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| Appointed by | Dwight Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | Dozier DeVane |
| Succeeded by | David Middlebrooks |
| Personal details | |
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George Harrold Carswell December 22, 1919 Irwinton, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | July 13, 1992 (aged 72) Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Virginia Simmons |
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Duke University (BA, 1941) University of Georgia School of Law U.S. Naval Academy Postgraduate Dep't Mercer University (LLB, 1948) |
George Harrold Carswell (December 22, 1919 – July 13, 1992) was a federal judge and an unsuccessful nominee to the United States Supreme Court.
Carswell was born in Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Georgia. He graduated from Duke University in 1941 and briefly attended the University of Georgia School of Law before joining the United States Navy at the beginning of World War II. Carswell did six months of postgraduate work at the U.S. Naval Academy and served in the Pacific aboard the heavy cruiser Baltimore as a lieutenant in the Naval Reserve; he was discharged in 1945 (when the war ended). Carswell graduated from the Walter F. George School of Law of Mercer University in 1948. Griffin B. Bell, 72nd Attorney General of the United States, was one of Carswell's classmates at Mercer.
He married his wife Virginia (née Simmons) in 1944.
Carswell unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Georgia legislature in the fall of 1948. He then moved to Tallahassee, Florida where he worked as a private attorney from 1948 to 1953. In 1953, he was appointed United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida by President Dwight Eisenhower; Carswell served in this position until 1958.
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