Don Albert Pardee

Don Albert Pardee (March 29, 1837 – September 26, 1919) was a United States federal judge.

Pardee was born in Wadsworth, Ohio. He read law in 1859. He was in private practice of law in Medina County, Ohio from 1859 to 1861. He was in the United States Army from 1861 to 1865. He was in private practice of law in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1865 to 1868. He was a Register in Bankruptcy, New Orleans, Louisiana in 1867. He was a judge to the Second Judicial District of Louisiana from 1868 to 1880. He was a Delegate, Louisiana Constitutional Convention in 1879. He was a Republican candidate for state attorney general of Louisiana in 1879. He was in private practice of law in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1880 to 1881.

Pardee was a federal judge to the United States circuit court for the Fifth Circuit. Pardee was nominated by President James A. Garfield on March 14, 1881, to a seat vacated by William Burnham Woods. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 13, 1881, and received his commission the same day. Pardee's service was terminated on June 16, 1891, due to assignment to another court.

Pardee was a federal judge to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was reassigned on June 16, 1891; Pardee's service was terminated on September 26, 1919, due to death.

He died in Atlanta, Georgia.

Sources

• Don Albert Pardee at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.