{{Short description|American judge (1847–1914)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = David Davie Shelby | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | office = Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | term_start = March 2, 1899 | term_end = August 22, 1914 | nominator = | appointer = William McKinley | predecessor = ''Seat established by 30 Stat. 803'' | successor = Richard Wilde Walker Jr. | office1 = Judge of the United States Circuit Courts for the Fifth Circuit | term_start1 = March 2, 1899 | term_end1 = December 31, 1911 | nominator1 = | appointer1 = William McKinley | predecessor1 = ''Seat established by 30 Stat. 803'' | successor1 = ''Seat abolished'' | pronunciation = | birth_name = David Davie Shelby | birth_date = {{Birth date|1847|10|24}} | birth_place = Madison County, Alabama | death_date = {{Death date and age|1914|08|22|1847|10|24}} | death_place = Huntsville, Alabama | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = | other_party = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | education = Cumberland University<br>read law | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!--Embedded templates / Footnotes--> | footnotes = }} '''David Davie Shelby''' (October 24, 1847 – August 22, 1914) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States Circuit Courts for the Fifth Circuit.

==Education and career==

Born in Madison County, Alabama, Shelby was the son of Dr. David Shelby, and grandson of one-time Republic of Texas Supreme Court justice Anthony B. Shelby.<ref>''Historic Sumner County'', ''The Tennessean'' (October 20, 1907), p. 36.</ref> He attended Cumberland University and read law to enter the bar in 1870.<ref name="auto">{{FJC Bio|2170|nid=1387726|name=David Davie Shelby<!--(1847–1914)-->}}</ref> He was a soldier in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.<ref name=AlaBio>{{cite book |last1=Owen |title=Dictionary of Alabama Biography |url=https://archive.org/details/historyalabamaa01owengoog |date=1921 |publisher=S J Clarke |page=1541}}</ref> Owing to his youth he was not regularly enlisted in the Confederate Army, but served four months with the 4th Alabama Cavalry Regiment, in a Georgia campaign.<ref name=AlaBio/> He entered private practice in Huntsville, Alabama from 1870 to 1899, serving as city attorney of Huntsville beginning in 1874. Shelby served as a member of Alabama Senate from 1882 to 1884.<ref name="auto"/>

==Federal judicial service==

Shelby was nominated by President William McKinley on February 21, 1899, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States Circuit Courts for the Fifth Circuit, to a new joint seat authorized by 30 Stat. 803. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 2, 1899, and received his commission the same day. On December 31, 1911, the Circuit Courts were abolished and he thereafter served only on the Court of Appeals. His service terminated on August 22, 1914, due to his death in Huntsville.<ref name="auto"/>

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==Sources== * {{FJC Bio|2170|nid=1387726|name=David Davie Shelby<!--(1847–1914)-->}}

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