[2] He read law and was admitted to the bar in 1901 and commenced practice in Linton, Indiana.

[2] Bland was nominated by President Warren G. Harding on March 2, 1923, to an Associate Judge seat on the United States Court of Customs Appeals (United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals from March 2, 1929) vacated by Associate Judge Marion De Vries.

[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 3, 1923, and received his commission the same day.

[1] Following his retirement from the federal bench, Bland resumed the private practice of law in Washington, D.C., where he died August 3, 1951, at the age of 73.

[1] He was interred in Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Washington, D.C.[2] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress