Biography:

Lawyer, judge. Born– June 21, 1878, Conyers, Ga. Parents– Henry and Ellen Grant (Davis) McCord.  Married–Bobbie Tanner, February 20, 1906.Education– Vanderbilt University; studied law under Jesse E. Brown, Scottsboro. Practiced law in Scottsboro, 1900-1903; secretary of the Supreme Court of Alabama, 1903-1909; private practice in Montgomery, 1910-1916; State Railroad Commissioner, 1911-1915; Judge of the 15th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, 1916-1935; presiding judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 5th District, 1938-52.  Democratic candidate for governor of Alabama, 1934. Died February 11, 1952.

Source:

Federal judges website and  New York Times, February 12, 1952.

Publication(s):

I Believe in Man. New York; Harper & Brothers, 1929.