Tuttle, Elbert Parr

Born July 17, 1897, in Pasadena, CA
Died June 23, 1996, in Atlanta, GA

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on July 7, 1954, to a new seat authorized by 68 Stat. 8. Confirmed by the Senate on August 3, 1954, and received commission on August 4, 1954. Served as chief judge, 1960-1967. Assumed senior status on June 1, 1968. Service terminated on October 1, 1981, due to reassignment.

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Reassigned on October 1, 1981, to a new seat authorized by 94 Stat. 1994. Service terminated on June 23, 1996, due to death.

Education:
Cornell University, A.B., 1918
Cornell University Department of Law, LL.B., 1923

Professional Career:

U.S. Army private, Air Service, 1918-1919
Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia, 1923-1953
U.S. Army colonel, 1941-1946
General counsel, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1953-1954
Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1961-1967

Bibliography

Bass, Jack. Unlikely Heroes: The Dramatic Story of the Southern Judges of the Fifth Circuit Who Translated the Supreme Court's Brown Decision into a Revolution for Equality. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981.

Emanuel, Anne S. Elbert Parr Tuttle: Chief Jurist of the Civil Rights Revolution. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2011.

Emanuel, Anne S. "Lynching and the Law in Georgia Circa 1931: A Chapter in the Legal Career of Judge Elbert Tuttle." William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal 5 (Winter 1996): 215-48.

Manuscript Collections

Emory University
Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Atlanta, Ga.
Elbert P. Tuttle papers, 1917-1995.
90.75 linear ft.; finding aid; collection stored offsite; contains correspondence, docket books, records relating to court administration, case files and opinions, and a small number of personal papers.

Oral History

Tuttle, Elbert P. "Elbert P. Tuttle Oral History Interview, April 17, 1992." Interview conducted on April 17, 1992, by Cliff Kuhn. Special Collection Department, William Russell Pullen Library, Georgia State University, 1992. Audiotape; videotape.

Tuttle, Elbert P. "Elbert P. Tuttle Oral History Interview, September 21, 1992." Interview conducted on September 21, 1992, by Cliff Kuhn. Special Collection Department, William Russell Pullen Library, Georgia State University. Audiotape; transcript, 62 pages.

Tuttle, Elbert Parr. "Oral History Interview of Judge Elbert Parr Tuttle." Interview conducted on July 16-17, 1986, by Jack Bass. Eleventh Circuit Historical Society, P.O. Box 1556, Atlanta, Georgia, 1986. Videotape.

Tuttle, Elbert Parr "The Reminiscences of Elbert Parr Tuttle." Interviews conducted in 1970. Eisenhower Administration Project, Oral History Research Office, Butler Library, Columbia University, New York, 1970. Transcript, 113 pages.

Tuttle, Elbert P., and Sara Sutherland Tuttle. "Elbert P. and Sara Sutherland Tuttle Interview." Interview conducted by Thomas R. Bruce on May 25, 1988. Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1988. 1 videocassette.

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