Eldon Brooks Mahon

Eldon Brooks Mahon
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
In office October 1, 1989 – December 3, 2005
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
In office July 3, 1972 – October 1, 1989
Appointed by	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Joe Ewing Estes
Succeeded by	John H. McBryde
Personal details
Born	Eldon Brooks Mahon (1918-04-09)April 9, 1918 Loraine, Texas
Died	December 3, 2005(2005-12-03) (aged 87) Fort Worth, Texas
Education	McMurry University (B.A.) University of Texas School of Law (LL.B.)

Eldon Brooks Mahon (April 9, 1918 – December 3, 2005) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Education and career

Born in Loraine, Texas, Mahon received a Bachelor of Arts degree from McMurry University in 1939 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Texas School of Law in 1942.

He was in the United States Army Air Corps from August 1942 to November 1945 and became a captain. He was a law clerk for Justice J. E. Hickman of the Texas Supreme Court from 1945 to 1946. He was county attorney of Mitchell County, Texas in 1947. He was state district attorney of the Texas 32nd Judicial District from 1948 to 1960. He was a judge of the Texas State District Court for the 32nd Judicial District from 1961 to 1963. He was vice president of the Texas Electric Service Company (TESCO) from 1963 to 1964. He was in private practice in Abilene, Texas from 1964 to 1968. He was the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas from 1968 to 1972.[1]

Federal judicial service

Mahon was nominated by President Richard Nixon on June 23, 1972, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated by Judge Joe Ewing Estes. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 28, 1972, and received his commission on July 3, 1972. He assumed senior status on October 1, 1989. Mahon served in that capacity until his death on December 3, 2005, in Fort Worth, Texas.[1]

References

1. Eldon Brooks Mahon at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Sources

• Eldon Brooks Mahon at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Joe Ewing Estes	Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas 1972–1989	Succeeded by John H. McBryde