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Martha Craig Daughtrey

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Senior status since January 1, 2009.

Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
Appointed by
William J. Clinton
Nominated
August 6, 1993
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
October 20, 1993
Committee action
Reported (favorably), November 18, 1993
Senate vote
Voice vote, no count printed
Confirmed
November 20, 1993
Commissioned
November 22, 1993
Senior status
Since January 1, 2009
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1942, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.

Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.

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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it

  • Private practice, Nashville, Tennessee, 1968
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, Middle District of Tennessee, 1968-1969
  • Assistant district attorney, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Tennessee, 1969-1972
  • Faculty, Vanderbilt University Law School, 1972-1982, 1988-1990; assistant professor of law, 1972-1975; lecturer in law, 1975-1982; adjunct professor of law, 1988-1990
  • Associate judge, Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, Middle Division, 1975-1990
  • Associate justice, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1990-1993

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