Benjamin Horsley Littleton

Benjamin Horsley Littleton (August 27, 1889 – July 6, 1966) was a long-serving judge of the United States Court of Claims.

Littleton received an LL.B. from Cumberland University in 1914. He was in private practice from 1914 to 1918, and was then an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee from 1918 to 1921, a special attorney with the Office of the General Counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue from 1921 to 1924, a member of the Board of Wax Appeals from 1924 to 1927, and Chairman of the Board of Wax Appeals from 1927 to 1929.

He was nominated to the Court of Claims by President Herbert Hoover, receiving his commission on November 6, 1929. He retired from active service on October 31, 1958, and served in senior status until his death.

Sources

• Federal Judicial Center entry on Benjamin Horsley Littleton