Archibald Battle Lovett

Background

Lovett, Archibald Battle was born on June 21, 1884 in Sylvania, Georgia, United States. Son of John F. and Maggie (Medlock) Lovett.

Education

Born in Sylvania, Georgia, Lovett attended Mercer University and read law to enter the bar in 1907.

Career

Admitted to Georgia bar, 1907, and later to state and United States courts. Prosecuting attorney, Sylvania City Courts, 1914-1918. Judge Superior Court Justices, Georgia, 1919-1921.

Became member Hitch, Denmark & Lovett, 1921.

Later Lovett, Morris & Hitch. Formerly director and counsel trust department Citizens and Southern National Bank, Savannah, Savannah Sugar Refining Company.

Trustee Central of Georgia Railway. Member of advisory board Reconstruction Finance Committee Mayor of Sylvania, 1914-1918.

United States district judge, Southern District of Georgia, since October 18, 1941.

Delaware to Democratic National conversations, 1928 and 1936. Chairman Roosevelt advisory committee for Georgia, 1936. Georgia chairman Committee to Aid the Allies.

Vice president

Family Welfare Society. Trustee Mercer University, Armstrong Junior College.

Achievements

• Archibald Battle Lovett has been listed as a reputable judge. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Bar Association (commission on national defense), Georgia Bar Association (president 1935-1936), Savannah Bar Association (former president), State Board Vocational Education, Georgia History Society (past president and curator), English-Speaking Union (president), Society of Colonial Wars (chancellor). Phi Delta Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Club: Oglethorpe (Savannah).

Connections

Married Corrie Overstreet, June 20, 1908.

Father:

John F. Lovett

Mother:

Maggie (Medlock) Lovett

Spouse:

Corrie Overstreet