Draft:Bunk Gardner (judge)

Bunk Gardner (November 24, 1875 – October 26, 1950)^[1] was a judge of the United States District Court for the Canal Zone from 1938 to 1948.

"He quit school at 15 and worked in a clothing store. He remained there until he was 23, studying law on the side in the office of Samuel Crossland".^[1]

Gardner gained admission to the bar in Kentucky at the age of 24, and shortly thereafter became a city judge for Mayfield, Kentucky, remaining in that office for 17 years.^[1]

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Judge Bunk Gardner Dies At 83, The Madisonville Messenger (October 28, 1960), p. 3.

Political offices
Preceded by Charles Harwood	Judge of the United States District Court for the Canal Zone 1938–1948	Succeeded by Joseph J. Hancock

Category:1875 births Category:1950 deaths Category:United States federal judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Canal Zone

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[Obit-1] "Judge Bunk Gardner Dies At 83, The Madisonville Messenger (October 28, 1960), p. 3.

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