Background
Speight, John Joshua was born on July 24, 1885 in Eufaula, Alabama, United States. Son of John Williams and Emma Elinor (Cobb) Speight.
Speight, John Joshua was born on July 24, 1885 in Eufaula, Alabama, United States. Son of John Williams and Emma Elinor (Cobb) Speight.
Student Washington-Lee University, 1907-1908. Bachelor of Laws, Georgetown University, 1911.
Private secretary, Congressman Henry Doctorate. Clayton, 1902-1910. Executive clerk National Congressional campaign committee, 1910. Clerk judiciary committee, United States House of Representatives, 1911-1914.
Referee in bankruptcy, Alabama, 1915-1932.
Member Alabama Democratic Executive Committee, 1926-1932. General practice of law, Ozark and Dothan, Alabama, 1914-1946.
Special assistant to attorney general of the United States, 1937-1939. Judge Military Tribunal Northern World World War II War Crimes Trials, Nurnberg, Germany, 1946.
Christ died on the cross to give humans the promise of everlasting life, but this requires that each individual accepts Christ into his life and asks for forgiveness.
Member Alabama Democratic Executive Committee, 1926-1932. Member Alabama Bar, District Columbia Bar, Supreme Court United States, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Ruth Wood, August 17, 1914. Children: John Jay, Betty.