Francis Singleton Howell (1863 – June 28, 1937)[1][2] was a justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court from 1927 to 1929.
Born on a plantation in Milton County, Georgia (later part of Fulton County), Howell attended school in Atlanta, and Emory University,[2] and read law in Loup City, Nebraska to gain admission to the bar.
[2] In January 1910, President William Howard Taft appointed Howell United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska,[3] The appointment was confirmed, and Howell was formally sworn into office on February 10, 1910.
[1][2] Howell was appointed to the state supreme court on December 29, 1927, to fill a vacancy created by the death of Judge George A.
[1] Howell died at his home in Omaha from heart disease, at the age of 73,[2] and was honored with a memorial service by the state bar.