Emory Marvin Underwood

Born in Douglas County, Georgia, Underwood received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University in 1900 and a Bachelor of Laws from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1902. He was in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia from 1903 to 1914, an Assistant Attorney General of the United States from 1914 to 1917, general counsel for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad from 1917 to 1919, and general solicitor for the United States Railroad Administration from 1919 to 1920. He returned to private practice in Atlanta from 1920 to 1931.[1]

On February 7, 1931, Underwood was nominated by President Herbert Hoover to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia vacated by Judge Samuel Hale Sibley. Underwood was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 25, 1931, and received his commission on March 2, 1931. He assumed senior status on March 5, 1948. Underwood served in that capacity until his death August 28, 1960.[1]

• Emory Marvin Underwood at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.