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Dozier A. DeVane
Dozier Adolphus DeVane (August 2, 1883–December 15,
1963) was an American lawyer and judge.
Notes
DeVane was born near Lakeland, Florida in 1883. He [1] Cobb-Roberts, Deirdre, Larry Johnson, and Barbara
received his LL.B. from Washington and Lee University in Shircliffe. "African Americans and the Struggle for
1908. Opportunity in Florida Public Higher Education,
DeVane was in private practice in Tampa from 1908 1947–1977." History of Education Quarterly 47 (3),
to 1918. He was county attorney for Hillsborough County 328–358.
from 1913 to 1914 and counsel to the Florida Railroad
Commission from 1918 to 1920. Rate attorney was rate at-
torney for AT&T from 1920 to 1922, and was associate and
Sources
general counsel for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone • Dozier A. DeVane at the Biographical Directory of
Co. from 1922 to 1930. Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the
DeVane was in private practice in Washington, D.C., Federal Judicial Center.
from 1930 to 1933, and solicitor for the Federal Power Persondata
Commission in Washington from 1933 to 1938. He was in Name DeVane, Dozier Adolphus
private practice in Orlando, Florida, from 1938 to 1943.
Alternative names
President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated DeVane to
the United States District Court for the Southern District Short description
of Florida and United States District Court for the North- Date of birth 1883
ern District of Florida on March 26, 1943, to a seat vacated
Place of birth
by Curtis L. Waller. Confirmed by the Senate on April 14,
1943, he received commission on April 22, 1943. Date of death 1963
On the court DeVane earned a reputation as a Place of death
"staunch segregationist."[1]
DeVane assumed senior status on January 31, 1958
and remained on the court until his death in 1963.
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