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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican president
Seat
CA70307
Nominated
Aug. 16, 1958
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Aug. 18, 1958
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Aug. 19, 1958
Commissioned
Aug. 21, 1958
Senior status
Dec. 4, 1967
Service ended
May 23, 1983Death

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 Northern District of Illinois Judge May 14, 1953 Sept. 15, 1958 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge Aug. 21, 1958 May 23, 1983 Death Dwight D. Eisenhower

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.