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United States District Court for the District of Columbia

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The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citation

Case citation

Case citation is the system used in many countries to identify the decisions in past court cases, either in special series of books called reporters or law reports, or in a 'neutral' form which will identify a decision wherever it was reported...

s, D.D.C.) is the United States district court

United States district court

The 94 United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system. Both civil and criminal cases are filed in the district court, which is a court of law, equity, and admiralty. There is a United States bankruptcy court associated with each United States...

that hears cases originating in the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790...

), over which federal courts

United States federal courts

The United States federal courts comprises the Judiciary Branch of government organized under the Constitution and laws of the federal government of the United States...

have original jurisdiction

Original jurisdiction

The original jurisdiction of a court is the right to hear a case for the first time as opposed to appellate jurisdiction when a court has the right to review a lower court's decision...

. Cases dealing with the laws of the District of Columbia are heard by this court only under the same circumstances that would cause a case under state law

State law

In the United States, state law is the law of each separate U.S. state, as passed by the state legislature . It exists in parallel, and sometimes in conflict with, United States federal law...

to come before a federal court. Appeals from this court are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit known informally as the D.C. Circuit, is the federal appellate court for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Appeals from the D.C. Circuit, as with all the U.S. Courts of Appeals, are heard on a...

(except for patent

Patent

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for a public disclosure of an invention....

claims and claims against the U.S.

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The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citation

Case citation

s, D.D.C.) is the United States district court

United States district court

that hears cases originating in the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790...

), over which federal courts

United States federal courts

The United States federal courts comprises the Judiciary Branch of government organized under the Constitution and laws of the federal government of the United States...

have original jurisdiction

Original jurisdiction

The original jurisdiction of a court is the right to hear a case for the first time as opposed to appellate jurisdiction when a court has the right to review a lower court's decision...

. Cases dealing with the laws of the District of Columbia are heard by this court only under the same circumstances that would cause a case under state law

State law

In the United States, state law is the law of each separate U.S. state, as passed by the state legislature . It exists in parallel, and sometimes in conflict with, United States federal law...

to come before a federal court. Appeals from this court are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

(except for patent

Patent

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for a public disclosure of an invention....

claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act

Tucker Act

Through the Tucker Act , the United States government has waived its sovereign immunity with respect to certain lawsuits....

, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is a United States court of appeals headquartered in Washington, D.C....

History

The court was established by Congress

United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Both senators and representatives are chosen through direct election....

in 1863 as the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, replacing the abolished circuit and district courts of the District of Columbia that had been in place since 1801. The court consisted of four justices, including a chief justice

Chief Justice

The Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of India, the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the Supreme...

, and was granted the same powers and jurisdiction

Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility.Alternatively, jurisdiction is the authority given...

as the earlier circuit court. Any of the justices could convene a United States circuit court

United States circuit court

The United States circuit courts were the original intermediate level courts of the United States federal court system. They were established by the Judiciary Act of 1789. They had trial court jurisdiction over civil suits of diversity jurisdiction and major federal crimes. They also had appellate...

or a local criminal court. In 1936, Congress renamed the court the District Court for the District of Columbia. Its current name was adopted in 1948, and from then on justices were known as judges.

The court sits in the E. Barrett Prettyman

E. Barrett Prettyman

Elijah Barrett Prettyman was a United States federal judge.Prettyman was born in Lexington, Virginia. Educated at Randolph-Macon College, he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1910 and a Master of Arts in 1911. He then earned a Bachelor of Laws from Georgetown University Law School in 1915. Prettyman...

Federal Courthouse located on Constitution Avenue NW

Constitution Avenue

In Washington, D.C., Constitution Avenue is a major east-west street running just north of the United States Capitol in the city's Northwest and Northeast quadrants...

. The District has no local district attorney

District attorney

In many jurisdictions in the United States, a District Attorney is the appointed public official who represents the government in the prosecution of alleged offense criminals. The district attorney is the highest officeholder in the jurisdiction's legal department and supervises a staff of...

or equivalent, and so local prosecutorial matters also fall into the jurisdiction of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. Assistant United States Attorneys are tasked with prosecution of not only federal crimes but also crimes that would normally be left to the state prosecutor's discretion. Because of this the District has the largest U.S. Attorney's Office in the nation, with around 250 AUSAs.

Current Judges

As of January 22, 2007, a vacancy exists in the District Court for the District of Columbia due to the decision of Judge Gladys Kessler
Gladys Kessler
Gladys Kessler is an American jurist who sits on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She was nominated to the court by President Bill Clinton, and confirmed in July 1994....

to assume senior status. No replacement nomination is pending at this time.

As of May 1, 2008, a second vacancy exists in the District due to the decision of Judge Thomas F. Hogan to assume senior status. No replacement nomination is pending at this time.

As of December 31, 2008, a third vacancy exists in the District due to the decision of Judge James Robertson
James Robertson (judge)
James Robertson is a judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. James Robertson was appointed a United States District Judge by President Bill Clinton in 1994. Chief Justice William Rehnquist later placed him on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court...

to assume senior status. No replacement nomination is pending at this time.

Judge	Appointed by	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status	End reason
Royce C. Lamberth Royce C. Lamberth Royce C. Lamberth is a federal judge in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.Lamberth was born in 1943 in San Antonio, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas and from the University of Texas School of Law, receiving an LL.B. in 1967...	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California .Born in Tampico, Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s...		Incumbent	–	–
Paul L. Friedman Paul L. Friedman Paul L. Friedman is a US District Court Judge in Washington DC.-Education:Friedman was born in Buffalo, New York. He received a B.A. from Cornell University in 1965, where he was president of the Quill and Dagger society and a member of Zeta Beta Tau. He received a J.D...	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president; only Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were younger when entering office...		Incumbent	–	–
Ellen Segal Huvelle Ellen Segal Huvelle Ellen Segal Huvelle is a federal judge sitting in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She has overseen several significant cases...	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president; only Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were younger when entering office...		Incumbent	–	–
Henry Harold Kennedy Jr.	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president; only Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were younger when entering office...		Incumbent	–	–
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly Colleen Kollar-Kotelly Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is a judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and was presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court .-Background:...	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president; only Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were younger when entering office...		Incumbent	–	–
Richard W. Roberts Richard W. Roberts -Educational career:-Legal career:Roberts played a number of different roles in the US justice system prior to his appointment as a judge.-Covington & Burling:Roberts was an associate at the large, international law firm Covington & Burling.-Prosecutor:...	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president; only Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were younger when entering office...		Incumbent	–	–
Emmet G. Sullivan Emmet G. Sullivan Emmet G. Sullivan is a US District Court Judge in Washington DC.Judge Emmet G. Sullivan was born in Washington, D.C. and attended public schools in the District of Columbia until his graduation from McKinley High School in 1964...	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president; only Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were younger when entering office...		Incumbent	–	–
Ricardo M. Urbina Ricardo M. Urbina Ricardo M. Urbina is a United States District Court Judge in Washington, DC.-Education:-Legal career:-Notable cases:...	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president; only Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were younger when entering office...		Incumbent	–	–
John D. Bates John D. Bates John William Bates , is a United States federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He was appointed by President George W. Bush in December 2001, and has adjudicated in several cases directly affecting the office of the President.-Personal:Bates was born in Elizabeth,...	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000....		Incumbent	–	–
Rosemary M. Collyer Rosemary M. Collyer Rosemary M. Collyer is a United States District Court judge for the District of Columbia-Education:-Legal career:-Notable cases:...	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000....		Incumbent	–	–
Richard J. Leon Richard J. Leon Richard J. Leon is an American lawyer and current federal judge. He has served as a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia since 2002.-Early life and education:Leon was born in South Natick, Massachusetts...	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000....		Incumbent	–	–
Reggie Walton Reggie Walton Reggie B. Walton is a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.-Early life and education :...	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000....		Incumbent	–	–
Joyce Hens Green Joyce Hens Green Judge Joyce Hens Green is a Senior United States District Court Judge for the District of Columbia.-Childhood:Green was born in 1928 in New York City. Her father was a psychiatrist and her mother was a homemaker. She had one brother...	Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...

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| Louis F. Oberdorfer

Louis F. Oberdorfer

Louis Falk Oberdorfer was a United States Supreme Court clerk, attorney, Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice Tax Division, civil rights worker, and district court judge....

||Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...

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| Thomas F. Hogan||Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California .Born in Tampico, Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s...

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| Gladys Kessler

Gladys Kessler

Gladys Kessler is an American jurist who sits on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She was nominated to the court by President Bill Clinton, and confirmed in July 1994....

||Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president; only Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were younger when entering office...

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| James Robertson

James Robertson (judge)

James Robertson is a judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. James Robertson was appointed a United States District Judge by President Bill Clinton in 1994. Chief Justice William Rehnquist later placed him on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court...

||Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

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Former Judges

Judge	Appointed by	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status	End reason
Jesse Corcoran Adkins Jesse Corcoran Adkins Jesse Corcoran Adkins was a United States federal judge.Adkins was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He received his LL.B. from Georgetown University Law School in 1899, and received his LL.M. from the same institution in 1900. He was an assistant U.S. attorney of Washington, D.C. from 1905 to 1908....	Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted government intervention under the rubric "economic...				death
Thomas H. Anderson Thomas H. Anderson (1848-1916) Thomas H. Anderson was a United States federal judge.Anderson was born in Belmont County, Ohio, and attended Mount Union College. He was a high school principal, Cambridge, Ohio in 1871. He was in private practice of law in Cambridge, Ohio from 1871 to 1889. He was a U.S. Minister to Bolivia from...	William McKinley William McKinley William McKinley Jr. was the 25th President of the United States, and the last veteran of the American Civil War to be elected to the office....			–	death
Thomas Jennings Bailey Thomas Jennings Bailey Thomas Jennings Bailey was a United States federal judge.Bailey was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He received an A.B. from Southwestern University in 1884. He received a A.M. from Southwestern University in 1885. He received a B.L. from Vanderbilt University in 1890. He was in private practice in...	Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States. A leading intellectual of the Progressive Era, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...

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| Job Barnard

Job Barnard

Job Barnard was a United States federal judge.Barnard was born in Porter County, Indiana. He received an LL.B. from the University of Michigan in 1867. He was in the United States Army from 1861 to 1865. He was in private practice in Crown Point, Indiana from 1867 to 1873...

||William McKinley

William McKinley

William McKinley Jr. was the 25th President of the United States, and the last veteran of the American Civil War to be elected to the office....

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| Walter Maximillian Bastian

Walter Maximillian Bastian

Walter Maximillian Bastian was a United States federal judge.Bastian was born in Washington, D.C. He received an LL.B. from Georgetown University Law School in 1913. First lieutenant, chemical warfare service, World War I. He was in private practice in Washington, DC from 1915 to 1950...

||Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice-president and the 34th Vice President of the United States, he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...

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| Edward Franklin Bingham

Edward Franklin Bingham

Edward Franklin Bingham was a United States federal judge.Bingham was born in West Concord, Vermont. He read law in 1850. He was a Prosecuting attorney of Vinton County, Ohio from 1850 to 1855. He was in private practice in McArthur, Ohio from 1850 to 1861. He was a Member, Ohio State House of...

||Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland

Stephen Grover Cleveland was both the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. Cleveland is the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents...

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| Michael Boudin

Michael Boudin

Michael Boudin is a Judge and former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.Boudin was born in New York City, the son of the civil liberties attorney Leonard Boudin and older brother of Weather Underground member Kathy Boudin. He received a B.A. from Harvard...

||George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st President of the United States . He was also Ronald Reagan's Vice President , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence....

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| Andrew Coyle Bradley

Andrew Coyle Bradley

Andrew Coyle Bradley was a United States federal judge.Bradley was born in Washington, D.C. He received an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1867. Professor of law, Columbia University, Washington, DC....

||Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States, serving one term from 1889 to 1893. Harrison was born in North Bend, Ohio, and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana at the age of 21, where he became a prominent state politician...

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| William Benson Bryant

William Benson Bryant

William Benson Bryant was a United States federal judge.Bryant was born in Wetumpka, Alabama. He received an A.B. from Howard University in 1932. He received an LL.B. from Howard University School of Law in 1936. He was in the United States Army from 1943 to 1947. He was in private practice in...

||Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 after his service as the Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963...

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| David Kellogg Cartter

David Kellogg Cartter

David Kellogg Cartter was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Jefferson County, New York, Cartter pursued preparatory studies.He studied law in Rochester, New York....

||Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery...

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| Harry M. Clabaugh

Harry M. Clabaugh

Harry M. Clabaugh was a United States federal judge.Clabaugh was born in Cumberland, Maryland. He received an LL.B. from the University of Maryland in 1878. He was in private practice in Baltimore, MD from 1878 to 1880. He was in private practice in Carroll County, MD from 1880 to 1904. He was a...

||William McKinley

William McKinley

William McKinley Jr. was the 25th President of the United States, and the last veteran of the American Civil War to be elected to the office....

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| Harry M. Clabaugh

Harry M. Clabaugh

||Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States. He is well remembered for his energetic persona, his range of interests and achievements, his model of masculinity, and his "cowboy" image. He was a leader of the Republican Party and founder of the short-lived Bull Moose Party...

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| Charles Cleaves Cole

Charles Cleaves Cole

Charles Cleaves Cole was a United States federal judge.Cole was born in Hiram, Maine. He read law in 1866. He received an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1867. He was in the United States Army Private, 17th Maine Infantry from 1862 to 1865. He was in private practice in Portland, Maine from 1866...

||Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison

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| Howard Francis Corcoran

Howard Francis Corcoran

Howard Francis Corcoran was a United States federal judge.Corcoran was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. He received an A.B. from Princeton University in 1928. He received an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1931. He was a Department of Agriculture from 1933 to 1934. He was a Tennessee Valley...

||Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 after his service as the Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963...

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| James Harry Covington

James Harry Covington

James Harry Covington was an American jurist and politician. He represented the Maryland's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1909 to 1914, and served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia from 1914 to 1918.Covington was born...

||Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States. A leading intellectual of the Progressive Era, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...

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| Joseph Winston Cox

Joseph Winston Cox

Joseph Winston Cox was a United States federal judge.Cox was born in Bridle Creek, Virginia. He received an LL.B. from George Washington University Law School in 1901. He was in private practice in Washington, DC from 1901 to 1930. He was an Instructor, Georgetown University Law School from 1913...

||Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted government intervention under the rubric "economic...

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| Walter Smith Cox

Walter Smith Cox

Walter Smith Cox was a United States federal judge.Cox was born in Georgetown, District of Columbia. He received a B.A. from Georgetown College in 1843. He received a M.A. from Georgetown College in 1844. He received a B.L. from Harvard Law School in 1847. He was in private practice in Washington,...

||Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford Birchard Hayes was an American politician, lawyer, military leader and the 19th President of the United States . Hayes was elected President by one electoral vote after the highly disputed election of 1876...

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| Edward Matthew Curran

Edward Matthew Curran

Edward Matthew Curran was a United States federal judge.Curran was born in Bangor, Maine. He received an LL.B. from Catholic University of America School of Law in 1927. He received an A.B. from the University of Maine in 1928. He was in private practice in Washington, DC from 1928 to 1934...

||Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

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| Edward C. Eicher

Edward C. Eicher

Edward C. Eicher was a three-term congressman, federal securities regulator, and federal district court judge during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was considered a consummate "New Deal" liberal....

||Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt , the only U.S. President elected to more than two terms, was a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...

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| George P. Fisher

George P. Fisher

George Purnell Fisher was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party and later the Republican Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Attorney General of Delaware, as Secretary of State of Delaware, as...

||Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

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| Thomas Aquinas Flannery

Thomas Aquinas Flannery

Thomas Aquinas Flannery was a United States federal judge.Flannery was born in Washington, D.C. He received an LL.B. from Catholic University of America School of Law in 1940. He was in private practice in Washington, DC from 1940 to 1942. He was in the United States Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945...

||Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....

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| Oliver Gasch

Oliver Gasch

Oliver Gasch was a United States federal judge.Gasch was born in Washington, D.C. He received an A.B. from Princeton University in 1928. He received an LL.B. from George Washington University Law School in 1932. He was in private practice in Washington, DC from 1932. He was an Assistant...

||Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 after his service as the Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963...

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| Gerhard Alden Gesell

Gerhard Alden Gesell

Gerhard Alden Gesell was a United States federal judge.Gesell was born in Los Angeles, California. He received an A.B. from Yale University in 1932. He received an LL.B. from Yale Law School in 1935. He was a Trial attorney of Securities and Exchange Commission from 1935 to 1940...

||Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 after his service as the Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963...

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| Thomas Alan Goldsborough

Thomas Alan Goldsborough

Thomas Alan Goldsborough was a U.S. jurist and politician.Goldsborough was born in Greensboro, Maryland. He attended the public schools and the local academy at Greensboro, later graduating from Washington College of Chestertown, Maryland, in 1899...

||Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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| Peyton Gordon

Peyton Gordon

Peyton Gordon was a United States federal judge.Gordon was born in Washington, D.C. He received an LL.B. from Columbian University in 1890. He received an LL.M. from Columbian University in 1891. He was an Assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia from 1891 to 1904. He was a Pardon...

||Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state. His actions during the Boston Police Strike of 1919 thrust him into the...

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| Ashley Mulgrave Gould

Ashley Mulgrave Gould

Ashley Mulgrave Gould was a United States federal judge.Born in Lower Horton, Nova Scotia, Canada, Gould received an A.B. from Amherst College in 1881 and an LL.B. from Georgetown University Law School in 1884...

||Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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| June Lazenby Green

June Lazenby Green

June Lazenby Green was a United States federal judge.Green was born in Arnold, Maryland. She received a J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law in 1941. She was a Claims adjuster, Lumberman's Mutual Casualty Company, Washington, DC from 1942 to 43...

||Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 after his service as the Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963...

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| Harold H. Greene

Harold H. Greene

Harold H. Greene was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He was nominated by President Jimmy Carter in 1978.-Education:...

||Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

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| Alexander Burton Hagner

Alexander Burton Hagner

Alexander Burton Hagner was a United States federal judge.Born in Washington, D.C., Hagner attended St. John's College and received an A.B. from Princeton University in 1845 before reading law to enter the Bar in 1848. He was in private practice in Annapolis, Maryland from 1848 to 1879...

||Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford B. Hayes

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| Stanley S. Harris

Stanley S. Harris

Stanley S. Harris is a former United States federal judge.Harris was born in Washington, D.C. He received a B.S. from the University of Virginia in 1951. He received an LL.B. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1953. He was in the United States Army from 1945 to 1947. He was in...

||Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California .Born in Tampico, Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s...

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| George Luzerne Hart, Jr.

George Luzerne Hart, Jr.

George Luzerne Hart, Jr. was a United States federal judge.Hart was born in Roanoke, Virginia. He received an A.B. from Virginia Military Institute in 1927. He received an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1930. He was in private practice in Washington, DC from 1930 to 1940. He was in the United...

||Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was a five-star general in the United States Army and the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. During the Second World War, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the...

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| William Hitz

William Hitz

William Hitz was a United States federal judge.Hitz was born in Washington, D.C. Hitz received his undergraduate education from Harvard College. He then received a LL.B from Georgetown University Law School in 1900. He was in private practice in Washington, DC from 1900 to 1914. He was a Special...

||Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

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| Adolph A. Hoehling, Jr.

Adolph A. Hoehling, Jr.

Adolph A. Hoehling, Jr. was a United States federal judge.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Hoehling received an LL.B. from Columbian University in 1889 and an LL.M. from Columbian University in 1890. He was in private practice in Washington, D.C...

||Warren G. Harding

Warren G. Harding

Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death from a heart attack or stroke in 1923. A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate and later as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and as a U.S...

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| Alexander Holtzoff

Alexander Holtzoff

Alexander Holtzoff was a United States federal judge.Born in New York, New York, Holtzoff received an A.B. from Columbia University in 1908, an M.A. from Columbia University in 1909, and an LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1911...

||Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

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| David Campbell Humphreys

David Campbell Humphreys

David Campbell Humphreys was a United States federal judge.Humphreys was born in Morgan County, Alabama, and began the practice of law in Madison County, Alabama. He was a Member, Alabama House of Representatives, 1843, 1849, 1853, and 1868. He was a Planter and private practice, Huntsville,...

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| Thomas Penfield Jackson

Thomas Penfield Jackson

Thomas Penfield Jackson is a former United States District Court Judge for the District of Columbia....

||Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California .Born in Tampico, Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s...

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| Charles Pinckney James

Charles Pinckney James

Charles Pinckney James was a United States federal judge.James was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated from Harvard College in 1838. He was in private practice in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1840 to 1850. He was a Professor of law, Cincinnati College, Cincinnati, Ohio from 1850 to 1856...

||Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford B. Hayes

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| Norma Holloway Johnson

Norma Holloway Johnson

Norma Holloway Johnson is a former United States federal judge and renowned expert on the rare African fish eagle.Johnson was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana. She received a B.S. from District of Columbia Teachers College in 1955. She received a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1962....

||Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

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| William Blakely Jones

William Blakely Jones

William Blakely Jones was a United States federal judge.Jones was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He received an A.B. from the University of Notre Dame in 1928. He received an LL.B. from Notre Dame Law School in 1931. He was in private practice in Helena, Montana from 1931 to 1937...

||John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

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| Richmond Bowling Keech

Richmond Bowling Keech

Richmond Bowling Keech was a United States federal judge.Keech was born in Washington, D.C. He received a LL.B. from Georgetown University Law School in 1922. He received a LL.M. from Georgetown University Law School in 1923. U.S. Navy, Transport Service, World War I. He was in private practice in...

||Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

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| James Robert Kirkland

James Robert Kirkland

James Robert Kirkland was a United States federal judge.Kirkland was born in Wilmington, Delaware. He received an A.B. from George Washington University in 1927. He received an LL.B. from George Washington University Law School in 1928. He received an LL.M. from George Washington University Law...

||Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

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| Bolitha James Laws

Bolitha James Laws

Bolitha James Laws was a United States federal judge.Laws was born in Washington, D.C. He received an LL.B. from Georgetown University Law School in 1913. He received an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law School in 1914. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney of the District of Columbia from 1914 to...

||Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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| Bolitha James Laws

Bolitha James Laws

||Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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| Bolitha James Laws

Bolitha James Laws

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| F. Dickinson Letts

F. Dickinson Letts

Fred Dickinson Letts was a three-term Republican U.S. Representative from eastern Iowa, and a thirty-year federal trial court judge in the District of Columbia....

||Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

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| Oscar Raymond Luhring

Oscar Raymond Luhring

Oscar Raymond Luhring was a United States federal judge.Luhring was born in Gibson County, Indiana. He received a B.L. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1900. He was in private practice in Evansville, Indiana from 1900 to the present. He was a Member, Indiana House of...

||Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

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| Arthur MacArthur, Sr.

Arthur MacArthur, Sr.

Arthur MacArthur, Sr. was an American lawyer, judge, and politician who served as the acting governor of Wisconsin for four brief days in 1856, in the midst of an election scandal....

||Ulysses Grant||||||–||retirement
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| Burnita Shelton Matthews

Burnita Shelton Matthews

Burnita Shelton Matthews was a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She was the first woman appointed to serve on a U.S...

||Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

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| Louis E. McComas

Louis E. McComas

Louis Emory McComas , a Republican, was a member of the U.S. Congress from the sixth district of Maryland from 1883 to 1891, and a member of the United States Senate from 1899 to 1905, each time representing the State of Maryland. His granddaughter, Katharine Byron, and great-grandson, Goodloe...

||Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison

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| Walter I. McCoy

Walter I. McCoy

Walter Irving McCoy was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 8th congressional district from 1911 to 1913, and the 9th district from 1913 to 1914....

||Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

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| Walter I. McCoy

Walter I. McCoy

Walter Irving McCoy was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 8th congressional district from 1911 to 1913, and the 9th district from 1913 to 1914....

||Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

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| Joseph Charles McGarraghy

Joseph Charles McGarraghy

Joseph Charles McGarraghy was a United States federal judge.McGarraghy was born in Washington, D.C. He received an LL.B. from Georgetown University Law School in 1921. He was in the United States Army from 1917 to 1920. He was an Assistant corporation counsel from 1924 to 1925. He was in private...

||Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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| Matthew Francis McGuire

Matthew Francis McGuire

Matthew Francis McGuire was a United States federal judge.McGuire was born in St. John`s, Canada. He received an A.B. from Holy Cross College in 1921. He received an LL.B. from Boston University School of Law in 1926. He was in the United States Navy in 1918. He was in private practice in Boston,...

||Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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| Charles F. McLaughlin

Charles F. McLaughlin

Charles Francis McLaughlin was a Nebraska Democratic politician.Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, he graduated from University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1908 and the law department of Columbia University, New York City in 1910. He was admitted to the bar in 1910 and set up practice in Omaha, Nebraska. He...

||Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

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| William Matthew Merrick

William Matthew Merrick

William Matthew Merrick was a United States Circuit Court judge for the District of Columbia and congressman from the fifth district of the state of Maryland.-Early life, career, and family:...

||Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland

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| Martin V. Montgomery

Martin V. Montgomery

Martin V. Montgomery was a United States federal judge.Montgomery was born in Eaton Rapids, Michigan. He read law in 1865. He was in the United States Army from 1961 to 1862. He was in private practice in Eaton Rapids, Michigan from 1865 to 1871. He was a Michigan state representative in 1871...

||Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland

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| James Ward Morris

James Ward Morris

James Ward Morris was a United States federal judge.Morris was born in Smithfield, North Carolina. University of North Carolina School of Law. He received an A.B. from the University of North Carolina in 1912. He read law in 1913. He was in private practice in Tampa, Florida from 1913 to 1933...

||Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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| Daniel William O'Donoghue

Daniel William O'Donoghue

Daniel William O'Donoghue was a United States federal judge.O'Donoghue was born in Washington, D.C. He received an A.B. from Georgetown College in 1897. He received a A.M. from Georgetown College in 1898. He received a Ph.D. from Georgetown College in 1899. He received an LL.B. from Georgetown...

||Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

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| Abram B. Olin

Abram B. Olin

Abram Baldwin Olin was a U.S. Representative from New York, son of Gideon Olin.Born in Shaftsbury, Vermont, Olin attended the common schools, and graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1835. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1838...

||Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

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| Barrington D. Parker

Barrington D. Parker

Barrington Daniels Parker, Sr. was a United States federal judge in the District of Columbia.Parker was born in Rosslyn, Virginia; his father was dean of the now-closed Terrell Law School in Washington, D.C. He attended Dunbar High School in Washington, and graduated from Lincoln University in...

||Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....

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| John Garrett Penn

John Garrett Penn

John Garrett Penn was a United States federal judge.Penn was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He received an A.B. from the University of Massachusetts in 1954. He received an LL.B. from Boston University in 1957...

||Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

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| David Andrew Pine

David Andrew Pine

David Andrew Pine was a United States district court judge.Born in Washington, D.C., Pine earned an LL.B. at the Georgetown University Law School in 1913, then clerked for clerk to U.S. Attorney General James McReynolds from 1914 to 1916. He was an attorney for the U.S...

||Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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| John H. Pratt

John H. Pratt

John Helm Pratt John Helm Pratt John Helm Pratt (November 171910, Portsmouth, New Hampshire-August 111995, Chevy Chase, Maryland, was an American judge.He was educated at Harvard University, graduating A.B. in 1930, and it Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1934). He was in private legal practice in...

||Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 after his service as the Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963...

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| Jeter Connelly Pritchard

Jeter Connelly Pritchard

Jeter Connelly Pritchard was a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1895 and 1903. He was the only Republican to represent a southern state in the United States Senate during that time....

||Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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| James McPherson Proctor

James McPherson Proctor

James McPherson Proctor was a United States federal judge.Proctor was born in Washington, D.C. He received an LL.B. from George Washington University Law School in 1904. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney of the District of Columbia from 1905 to 1909. He was a Chief assistant U.S. attorney of...

||Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

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| George Hughes Revercomb

George Hughes Revercomb

George Hughes Revercomb was a United States federal judge.-Early life:Revercomb was born in Charleston, West Virginia, on June 3, 1929, where he lived with his parents and extended family for his entire childhood....

||Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California .Born in Tampico, Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s...

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| Charles Robert Richey

Charles Robert Richey

Charles Robert Richey was a United States federal judge.Richey was born in Logan County, Ohio. He received an A.B. from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1945. He received an LL.B. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1948. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, World War II. He was a...

||Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....

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| Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr.

Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr.

Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr. was a United States federal judge.Born in Madison, New Jersey, Robinson received a B.A. from Cornell University in 1943, then served in the United States Army until 1946, receiving an LL.B. from Cornell Law School in 1947. He was in private practice in Washington, D.C...

||Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 after his service as the Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963...

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| Spottswood William Robinson III

Spottswood William Robinson III

Spottswood William Robinson III was an educator, civil rights attorney and judge.In the early 1950s, Robinson and his law-partner Oliver Hill litigated several civil rights lawsuits in Virginia. In 1951, Robinson and Hill took up the cause of the African American students at the segregated R.R...

||Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 after his service as the Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963...

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| Henry Albert Schweinhaut

Henry Albert Schweinhaut

Henry Albert Schweinhaut was a United States federal judge.Schweinhaut was born in Washington, D.C. He received an LL.B. from National University Law School, Washington, DC in 1924. He was in private practice in Washington, DC from 1924 to 1934. He was a Lecturer on evidence and agency, Washington...

||Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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| Frederick Lincoln Siddons

Frederick Lincoln Siddons

Frederick Lincoln Siddons was a United States federal judge.Born in London, England, Siddons received an LL.B. from Columbian University in 1887 and an LL.M. from that institution in 1888. He was a Professor of Law at National University beginning in 1898. He worked for the U.S...

||Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

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| John Sirica

John Sirica

John Joseph Sirica was the Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, where he became famous for his role in the Watergate scandal...

||Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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| John Lewis Smith Jr.

John Lewis Smith Jr.

John Lewis Smith Jr. was a United States federal judge.Smith was born in Washington, D.C. He received an A.B. from Princeton University in 1935. He received an LL.B. from Georgetown University Law School in 1938. He received an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law School in 1939. He was an...

||Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 after his service as the Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963...

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| Stanley Sporkin

Stanley Sporkin

Stanley Sporkin is a former judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge June L. Green on April 5, 1985 by President Ronald Reagan, and was confirmed by the Senate on December 16; he received his commission the next day...

||Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California .Born in Tampico, Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s...

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| Wendell Phillips Stafford

Wendell Phillips Stafford

Wendell Phillips Stafford was a United States federal judge.Stafford was born in Barre, Vermont. He received an LL.B. from Boston University in 1883. Private practice, St. Johnsbury, Vermont. He was a Member, Vermont House of Representatives in 1892. He was a Reporter of decisions, Supreme Court...

||Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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| Edward Allen Tamm

Edward Allen Tamm

Edward Allen Tamm was a United States federal judge.Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Tamm earned an LL.B. from the Georgetown University Law School in 1930. From 1930 to 1948 he was deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...

||Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

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| Joseph Cornelius Waddy

Joseph Cornelius Waddy

Joseph Cornelius Waddy was a United States federal judge.Waddy was born in Louisa County, Virginia. He received an A.B. from Lincoln University, Pennsylvania in 1935. He received an LL.B. from Howard University School of Law in 1938. He was in private practice in Washington, DC from 1939 to 1962...

||Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 after his service as the Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963...

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| Leonard Patrick Walsh

Leonard Patrick Walsh

Leonard Patrick Walsh was a United States federal judge.Walsh was born in Superior, Wisconsin. He received an LL.B. from National University Law School, Washington, DC in 1933. He was in private practice in Washington, DC from 1933 to 1953. He was a Chief judge, Municipal Court for the District of...

||Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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| Alfred Adams Wheat

Alfred Adams Wheat

Alfred Adams Wheat was a United States federal judge.Born in Nashua, New Hampshire, Wheat received an A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1889 and an LL.B. from Columbian University in 1891. He was in private practice in New York City from 1893 to 1922. He was a special assistant to U.S...

||Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

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| Alfred Adams Wheat

Alfred Adams Wheat

||Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

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| Daniel Thew Wright

Daniel Thew Wright

Daniel Thew Wright was a United States federal judge.Wright was born in Riverside, Ohio. He received an LL.B. from University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1887. He was in private practice of law in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1887 to the present...

||Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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| Andrew Wylie

Andrew Wylie (judge)

Andrew Wylie was a United States federal judge.Born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, Wylie was the eldest son of Andrew Wylie first president of Indiana University. Wylie attended Transylvania University and the University of Indiana, graduating from the latter in 1832...

||Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

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| Luther Youngdahl

Luther Youngdahl

Luther Wallace Youngdahl was an American politician and judge from Minnesota. He served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1942 to 1946, then as Minnesota's twenty-seventh governor from January 8, 1947 to September 27, 1951, and finally as a judge for the U.S...

||Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

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