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Beverly Daniel Evans Jr. (May 21, 1865 – May 7, 1922) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia and a state legislator.

Early life

Beverly Daniel Evans Jr. was born in Sandersville, Georgia. Evans received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Mercer University in 1881 and an Artium Magister degree from the same institution in 1882.

Career

Evans was in private practice in Georgia from 1884 to 1894, serving as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1886 to 1887. He was solicitor general of Georgia's Middle Judicial Circuit from 1890 to 1897. He was a judge of the Middle Judicial Circuit of Georgia from 1899 to 1904. He was a justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia from 1904 to 1917.

Federal judicial service

On August 11, 1917, Evans was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia vacated by Judge William Wallace Lambdin. Evans was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 15, 1917, and received his commission the same day. Evans served in that capacity until his death.

Death

Evans died on May 7, 1922.

References

1. "Georgia's Public Men 1902-1904". Byrd Printing Company. February 3, 1902 – via Google Books.
2. ^ Beverly Daniel Evans Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Sources

• Beverly Daniel Evans Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

• 1865 births
• 1922 deaths
• Justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia (U.S. state)
• Georgia (U.S. state) state court judges
• Members of the Georgia House of Representatives
• Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
• United States district court judges appointed by Woodrow Wilson
• 20th-century American judges
• People from Sandersville, Georgia
• 19th-century members of the Georgia General Assembly