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Benjamin Franklin Cameron (December 14, 1890 – April 3, 1964) was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Education and career
Born in Meridian, Mississippi, Cameron received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Sewanee: The University of the South in 1911 and a Bachelor of Laws from Cumberland School of Law (then part of Cumberland University, now part of Samford University) in 1914. He was in private practice in Meridian from 1914 to 1955, except during his service as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi from 1929 to 1933.
Federal judicial service
On February 18, 1955, Cameron was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated by Judge Edwin R. Holmes. Cameron was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 14, 1955, and received his commission on March 16, 1955. He served in that capacity until his death on April 3, 1964.
Sources
- Benjamin Franklin Cameron at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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| Preceded by Edwin R. Holmes | Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 1955–1964 | Succeeded by James P. Coleman |