William Boyd Sloan

Who was William Boyd Sloan?

William Boyd Sloan was a United States federal judge.

Born in Gainesville, Georgia, Sloan read law to enter the bar in 1915. He was in private practice from 1915 to 1951. He was a member of the Georgia General Assembly from 1927 to 1931. He was an assistant attorney general of the State of Georgia from 1932 to 1933. He was a judge on the City Court of Hall County, Georgia from 1934 to 1945, and then on the Superior Court of Georgia, Northeast Judicial Circuit, from until 1948.

On February 19, 1951, Sloan was nominated by President Harry S. Truman to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia vacated by M. Neil Andrews. Sloan was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 20, 1951, and received his commission on March 23, 1951. He assumed senior status on August 1, 1965, serving in that capacity until his death, in 1970.