Eldon Brooks Mahon was a United States federal judge

United States federal judge

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Born in Loraine, Texas

Loraine, Texas

Loraine is a town in Mitchell County, Texas, United States. The population was 656 at the 2000 census.George H. Mahon , a former county attorney, district attorney, and U.S. representative from the Lubbock-based congressional district is interred at Loraine City Cemetery...

, Mahon received a B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

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 from McMurry College in 1939 and an LL.B. from the University of Texas School of Law

University of Texas School of Law

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 in 1942. He was in the United States Army

United States Army

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 Air Corps from 1942 to 1945. He was a law clerk

Law clerk

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, Hon. J. E. Hickman, Texas State Supreme Court from 1945 to 1946. He was a County attorney of Mitchell County, Texas in 1947. He was a State district attorney of Texas 32nd Judicial District from 1948 to 1960. He was a judge on the Texas State District Court, 32nd Judicial District from 1961 to 1963. He was a vice president of Texas Electric Service Company (TESCO) from 1963 to 1964. He was in private practice in Abilene, Texas

Abilene, Texas

Abilene is a city in Taylor and Jones counties in west central Texas. The population was 117,063 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2006 estimated population of 158,063. It is the county seat of Taylor County...

 from 1964 to 1968. He was the United States Attorney

United States Attorney

United States Attorneys represent the United States federal government in United States district court and United States court of appeals. There are 93 U.S. Attorneys stationed throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands...

 for the Northern District of Texas from 1968 to 1972.

Mahon was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas is a United States district court. Its first judge, Andrew Phelps McCormick, was appointed to the court on April 10, 1879. The court convenes in Dallas, Texas with divisions in Fort Worth, Amarillo, Abilene, Lubbock, San Angelo...

. Mahon was nominated by President Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

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 on June 23, 1972, to a seat vacated by Joe Ewing Estes

Joe Ewing Estes

Joe Ewing Estes was a United States federal judge.Born in Commerce, Texas, Estes received an LL.B. from the University of Texas in 1927. He was in private practice in Commerce, Texas from 1928 to 1930, and then in Fort Worth, Texas until 1942. He served in the U.S...

. He was confirmed by the United States Senate

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 on June 28, 1972, and received his commission on July 3, 1972. He assumed senior status

Senior status

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 on October 1, 1989. Mahon served in that capacity until December 3, 2005, due to his death.

He died in Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...

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