James P. Coleman

James P. Coleman
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In office
May 31, 1981 – January 31, 1984
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In office
1979–1981
Preceded byJohn Robert Brown
Succeeded byJohn Cooper Godbold
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In office
July 26, 1965 – May 31, 1981
Appointed byLyndon B. Johnson
Preceded byBenjamin Franklin Cameron
Succeeded byE. Grady Jolly
52nd Governor of Mississippi
In office
January 17, 1956 – January 19, 1960
LieutenantCarroll Gartin
Preceded byHugh L. White
Succeeded byRoss Barnett
33rd Mississippi Attorney General
In office
February 21, 1950 – January 17, 1956
GovernorFielding L. Wright
Hugh L. White
Preceded byGreek L. Rice
Succeeded byJoseph Turner Patterson
Personal details
Born
James Plemon Coleman

(1914-01-09)January 9, 1914
Ackerman, Mississippi U.S
DiedSeptember 28, 1991(1991-09-28) (aged 77)
Ackerman, Mississippi U.S
Political partyDemocratic
EducationGeorge Washington University Law School (LLB)

James Plemon Coleman (January 9, 1914 – September 28, 1991) was an American judge, the 52nd governor of Mississippi and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.