Sidney Carr Mize

Sidney Carr Mize
Sidney Carr Mize
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
	In office; 1961–1962
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	William Harold Cox
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
	In office; February 3, 1937 – April 26, 1965
Appointed by	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Edwin R. Holmes
Succeeded by	Dan Monroe Russell Jr.
Personal details
Born	Sidney Carr Mize; March 7, 1888; Scott County, Mississippi
Died	April 26, 1965 (aged 77)
Education	Mississippi College (A.B.); University of Mississippi School of Law (LL.B.)

Sidney Carr Mize (March 7, 1888 – April 26, 1965) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

Education and career

Born in Scott County, Mississippi, Mize received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Mississippi College in 1908 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1911. He was in private practice in Gulfport, Mississippi from 1911 to 1937. He became a special district attorney of Mississippi in 1914, and special county judge and a special chancery judge in 1930.[1]

On January 30, 1937, Mize was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi vacated by Judge Edwin R. Holmes. Mize was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 2, 1937, and received his commission on February 3, 1937. He served as Chief Judge from 1961 to 1962, and remained on the court until his death on April 26, 1965.[1]

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Legal offices
Preceded by Edwin R. Holmes	Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi 1937–1965	Succeeded by Dan Monroe Russell Jr.
Preceded by Office established	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi 1961–1962	Succeeded by William Harold Cox

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