Benson Hough

Benson W. Hough (1875-1935) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

He was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge on January 31, 1925 to replace John Elbert Sater. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 9, 1925, and received commission that same day. He served until his death on November 19, 1935.^[1] Hough was succeeded in this position by Mell Underwood.

Early life and education

• Ohio State University, B.L., 1889
• Ohio Wesleyan University, M.A., 1897^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Delaware, Ohio, 1900-1916
• U.S. Army, 1917-1919
• Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio, 1920-1923
• U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1923-1925^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Southern District of Ohio

Hough was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge on January 31, 1925 to replace John Elbert Sater. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 9, 1925, and received commission that same day. He served until his death on November 19, 1935.^[1] Hough was succeeded in this position by Mell Underwood.

External links

• Benson Hough's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated by Calvin Coolidge
1923	Cochran
1924	Boynton • Davis • Dawkins, Sr. • Graham • Hand • Jones • Kennamer • Kerrigan • Martin • McCormick • Moorman • Pray • Young
1925	A. Anderson • H. Anderson • Baltzell • Beattie • Booth • Burns • Clark • Dawson • Foster • Henning • Hough • Johnson • McCamant • Meekins • Molyneaux • Moorman • Moscowitz • Otis • Parker • Raymond • Sanborn • Slick • St. Sure • Stone • Thacher • Van Valkenburgh
1926	Cavanah • Dietrich • Moss • Swan • Tilson
1927	Adler • Bryant • F. Coleman • W. Coleman • Hand • Hayes • Kirkpatrick • Letts • McNary • Moinet • Northcott • Tilson • Wham
1928	Borah • Burrows • Cline • Cotteral • Deaver • Dewey • Gordon • Green • Hahn • Hickenlooper • Hicks • Louderback • Martineau • McCarthy • McDermott • McVicar • Norcross • Sinnott • Taylor • Tilson • Vaught • West
1929	Akerman • Chase • Cox • Fake • Garrett • Nevin • Ritter • Woodward

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Active judges	Chief Judge: Algenon Marbley   •  Edmund Sargus  •  Michael Watson (Ohio)  •  Matthew McFarland  •  Jeffery P. Hopkins  •  Michael Newman (Ohio)  •  Sarah Daggett Morrison  •  Douglas Cole
Senior judges	Sandra Beckwith  •  Herman Weber  •  James Graham (Ohio federal judge)  •  Walter Rice  •  Susan Dlott  •  Thomas Rose  •  Michael Barrett (Ohio)  •  Timothy S. Black  •
Magistrate judges	Karen L. Litkovitz  •  Caroline Helen Gentry  •  Elizabeth Preston Deavers  •  Stephanie Bowman (Ohio)  •  Kimberly Jolson  •  Chelsey Vascura  •  Peter Silvain  •
Former Article III judges	S. Arthur Spiegel  •  John Holschuh  •  George Smith  •  Humphrey Howe Leavitt  •  Philip Bergen Swing  •  George Read Sage  •  Albert Clifton Thompson  •  John Elbert Sater  •  Howard Clark Hollister  •  John Weld Peck  •  Smith Hickenlooper  •  Benson Hough  •  Robert Reasoner Nevin  •  Mell Underwood  •  John Druffel  •  Lester Cecil  •  Robert Duncan (Ohio)  •  Timothy Hogan (United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio)  •  Joseph Kinneary  •  John Peck II  •  David S. Porter  •  Carl Rubin  •  Carl Weinman  •
Former Chief judges	Sandra Beckwith  •  John Holschuh  •  James Graham (Ohio federal judge)  •  Walter Rice  •  Robert Reasoner Nevin  •  Mell Underwood  •  Timothy Hogan (United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio)  •  Joseph Kinneary  •  David S. Porter  •  Carl Rubin  •  Carl Weinman  •