Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Grover ClevelandDemocratic president
Seat
CA70102
Nominated
March 20, 1893
Committee action
Reported (favorably)March 22, 1893
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
March 23, 1893
Commissioned
March 23, 1893
Service ended
Feb. 23, 1905Retirement

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 Eastern District of Wisconsin Judge July 2, 1888 April 1, 1893 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Grover Cleveland
U.S. Circuit Courts for the Seventh Circuit Judge March 23, 1893 Feb. 23, 1905 Retirement Grover Cleveland
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge March 23, 1893 Feb. 23, 1905 Retirement Grover Cleveland

Recent judicial activity

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Cases

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Judicial writings

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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.