Beverly Daniel Evans, Jr.

Who was Beverly Daniel Evans, Jr.?

Beverly Daniel Evans, Sr. was a United States federal judge.

Born in Sandersville, Georgia, Evans received an A.B. from Mercer University in 1881 and an A.M. from Mercer University in 1882. He 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 a Solicitor general of Georgia's Middle Judicial Circuit from 1890 to 1897. He was a judge on the Middle Judicial Circuit, Georgia from 1899 to 1904. He was a Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia from 1904 to 1917.

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 William W. 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, in 1922.