Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
None (assignment)None (assignment) president
Seat
CA80101
Commissioned
June 16, 1891
Service ended
June 4, 1903Retirement

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. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas Judge June 20, 1864 March 3, 1871 Reassignment Abraham Lincoln
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas Judge June 20, 1864 March 13, 1890 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Abraham Lincoln
U.S. Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit Judge March 4, 1890 June 4, 1903 Retirement Benjamin Harrison
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Judge June 16, 1891 June 4, 1903 Retirement None (assignment)

Recent judicial activity

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  • No recorded activity.

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.