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Appointment

Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Louisiana
Title
Judge
Appointed by
James MadisonJeffersonian Republican president
Seat
LAD0102
Nominated
May 29, 1813
Committee action
No Committee before December 10, 1816
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
June 1, 1813
Commissioned
June 1, 1813
Service ended
Dec. 19, 1820Death

Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. Circuit Court for the Fifth Circuit Chief Judge Jan. 26, 1802 July 1, 1802 Abolition of Court Thomas Jefferson
U.S. District Court for the District of Orleans Judge Dec. 11, 1804 April 30, 1812 Abolition of Court Thomas Jefferson
U.S. District Court for the District of Louisiana Judge June 1, 1812 Feb. 22, 1813 Resignation James Madison
U.S. District Court for the District of Louisiana Judge June 1, 1813 Dec. 19, 1820 Death James Madison

Recent judicial activity

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Cases

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Judicial writings

No writings are attributed to this judge in the ingested records.

Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream — not that the judge has written nothing.