Thomas Jennings Bailey

Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Bailey received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Southwestern University in 1884, an Artium Magister degree from the same institution in 1885, and a Bachelor of Laws from Vanderbilt University in 1890. He was in private practice in Seattle, Tennessee from 1893 to 1896, then in Clarksville, Tennessee until 1900, and then in Nashville from 1902 to 1918. He was a special commissioner in 1915, and was a deputy clerk and master in chancery in Nashville from 1915 to 1918.[1]

Bailey was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on May 16, 1918, to an Associate Justice seat on the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia from June 25, 1936, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from June 25, 1948) vacated by Associate Justice Walter I. McCoy. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 22, 1918, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on November 1, 1950. His service terminated on January 9, 1963, due to his death in Washington, D.C.[1]

• Thomas Jennings Bailey at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.