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"72nd Attorney General" Griffin Bell Signed TLS on Letterhead JG Autographs:
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Griffin Boyette Bell

(October 31, 1918 – January 5, 2009) was the 72nd Attorney General of the United States

and previously was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Born on October 31, 1918, in

Americus, Georgia, Bell received a Bachelor of

Laws in 1948 from Mercer University School of Law.

He entered private practice in Savannah,

Georgia from 1948 to 1952. He was in private practice in Rome,

Georgia from 1952 to 1953 and then was in private practice in Atlanta,

Georgia from 1953 to 1961. He was Chief of Staff to Governor Ernest

Vandiver from 1959 to 1961. Bell received a recess appointment from President John F.

Kennedy on October 5, 1961, to the United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, to a new seat authorized by

75 Stat. 80. He was nominated to the same position by President Kennedy on

January 15, 1962. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 5, 1962,

and received his commission on February 9, 1962. He served as a board member of

the Federal Judicial Center from 1973 to 1976.

His service terminated on March 1, 1976, due to his resignation.

"72nd Attorney General" Griffin Bell Signed TLS on Letterhead JG Autographs

$149.99