Background
Underwood, Emory Marvin was born on December 11, 1877 in Douglas Country, Georgia, United States. Son of Marion Lafayette and Florence Allen (Brockman) Underwood.
Underwood, Emory Marvin was born on December 11, 1877 in Douglas Country, Georgia, United States. Son of Marion Lafayette and Florence Allen (Brockman) Underwood.
Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1900, Bachelor of Laws, 1902. Studied Faculte de Droit, University of Paris (France), 1903.
Born in Douglas County, Georgia, Underwood received a Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt University in 1900 and an Bachelor of Laws from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1902. He was in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia from 1903 to 1914. He was an Assistant Attorney General of the United States from 1914 to 1917.
He was a General counsel, Seaboard Air Lincolnshire Company from 1917 to 1919.
He was a general solicitor for the United States. Railroad Administration from 1919 to 1920, returning to private practice in Atlanta from 1920 to 1931. On February 7, 1931, Underwood was nominated by President Herbert Hoover to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia vacated by Samuel H. Sibley.
Underwood was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 25, 1931, and received his commission on March 2, 1931. He assumed senior status on March 5, 1948.
Underwood served in that capacity until his death.
Member American Academy Political and Social Science, American Law Institute (charter), Phi Delta Theta, Phi Beta Kappa. Mason.; Club: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Ruth Elizabeth Newton, June 27, 1905. Children: Newton, Florence M. Began practice at Atlanta, 1903.