Roy Mahlon Shelbourne (November 12, 1890 – December 29, 1974) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.

Roy Mahlon Shelbourne
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
In office
November 1, 1964 – December 29, 1974
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
In office
1948–1960
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byHenry Luesing Brooks
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
In office
February 8, 1946 – November 1, 1964
Appointed byHarry S. Truman
Preceded byShackelford Miller Jr.
Succeeded byJames Fleming Gordon
Personal details
Born
Roy Mahlon Shelbourne

(1890-11-12)November 12, 1890
Bardwell, Kentucky
DiedDecember 29, 1974(1974-12-29) (aged 84)
Louisville, Kentucky
EducationUnion University (A.B.)
Cumberland School of Law (LL.B.)

Education and career

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Born in Bardwell, Kentucky, Shelbourne received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Union University in Jackson, Tennessee in 1912 and a Bachelor of Laws from Cumberland School of Law (then part of Cumberland University, now part of Samford University) in 1913. He entered private practice in Bardwell from 1913 to 1927. He was county attorney of Carlisle County, Kentucky from 1918 to 1926. He was President of the Bardwell Deposit Bank from 1926 to 1936. He returned to private practice in Paducah, Kentucky from 1936 to 1946.[1]

Federal judicial service

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Judicial portrait of Shelbourne, 1981, by Judith Kuehn.

Shelbourne was nominated by President Harry S. Truman on January 17, 1946, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky vacated by Judge Shackelford Miller Jr. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 5, 1946, and received his commission on February 8, 1946. He served as Chief Judge from 1948 to 1960. He assumed senior status on November 1, 1964. Shelbourne served in that capacity until his death on December 29, 1974, in Louisville, Kentucky.[1]

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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
1946–1964
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Office established
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
1948–1960
Succeeded by