Benjamin Horsley Littleton
{{short description|American judge (1889–1966)}}
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Benjamin Horsley Littleton (August 27, 1889 – July 6, 1966) was a judge of the United States Board of Tax Appeals (later the United States Tax Court) from 1924 to 1929, and of the United States Court of Claims.
Education and career
Born to a pioneer family in Weatherford, Texas, Littleton was raised to be a farmer, but developed an interest in the law and began reading law in pursuit of the profession.[https://books.google.com/books?id=eE0eAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR17 Memorial to Judge Benjamin H. Littleton], in Cases Decided in the United States Court of Claims, Vol. 176 (1966), p. xvii-xviii. He graduated from a business college and received a Bachelor of Laws from Cumberland School of Law (then part of Cumberland University, now part of Samford University) in 1914."Newly Appointed Tax Board To Be Organized At Once", The Baltimore Sun (July 4, 1924), p. 6."Thirteen Members of Board of Tax Appeals Reappointed", National Income Tax Magazine (June 1926), vol. 4, no. 6, p. 206-210. He was in private practice in Tennessee from 1914 to 1918, and was then an Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee from 1918 to 1921, which position he held until appointed to the solicitor's office, October 26, 1921. He was a special attorney with the Office of the General Counsel of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (now the Internal Revenue Service) in the United States Department of the Treasury from 1921 to 1924.
Federal judicial service
In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge appointed Littleton to the United States Board of Tax Appeals (now the United States Tax Court) . He was one of the original twelve members appointed to the Board, and one of a group of five appointed "from the Bureau of Internal Revenue".Harold Dubroff and Brant J. Hellwig, [https://books.google.com/books?id=RGJ2CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT114 U.S. Tax Court: an Historical Analysis] (2015). He remained on the board from 1924 to 1929, serving as chairman from 1927 to 1929.{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/littleton-benjamin-horsley|title=Littleton, Benjamin Horsley - Federal Judicial Center|website=www.fjc.gov}}
President Herbert Hoover reappointed Littleton as chairman of the board in October 1929."Ben H. Littleton Retains His Post", Chattanooga Daily Times (October 16, 1929), p. 12. but shortly thereafter, on October 17, 1929, nominated Littleton to a seat on the Court of Claims (United States Court of Claims from June 25, 1948) vacated by Judge J. McKenzie Moss. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 6, 1929, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on October 31, 1958. His service terminated on July 6, 1966, due to his death in Washington, D.C.
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- {{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/littleton-benjamin-horsley|title=Littleton, Benjamin Horsley - Federal Judicial Center|website=www.fjc.gov}}
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Category:Judges of the United States Court of Claims
Category:Cumberland School of Law alumni
Category:United States Article I federal judges appointed by Calvin Coolidge
Category:United States Article I federal judges appointed by Herbert Hoover
Category:Members of the United States Board of Tax Appeals