Federal judges nominated by Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford, President from 1974-1977

62 judges nominated by Gerald Ford were subsequently confirmed and served on the federal bench.

Judge	Final post:	Term:	Previous Post:	Term:	Bachelors:	Law:
John Paul Stevens	Supreme Court	12/17/1975 - 6/30/2010	Seventh Circuit	10/14/1970 - 12/18/1975	U. of Chicago, B.A., 1941	Northwestern U. Law, J.D., 1947
Anthony Kennedy	Supreme Court	2/17/1988-Present	Ninth Circuit	1975-1988	Standford, B.A., 1958	Harvard Law, LL.B., 1961
J. Blaine Anderson	Ninth Circuit	7/2/1976 - 4/16/1988	District of Idaho	1971-1976		University of Idaho College of Law (1949)
Cecil Poole	Ninth Circuit	11/27/1979 - 1/15/1996	Northern District of California	1976-1979	University of Michigan (1935)	University of Michigan Law School (1938), Harvard Law School (1939)
John F. Grady	Northern District of Illinois	11/21/1975 - 5/23/1994			Northwestern U., B.S., 1952	Northwestern U. School of Law, J.D., 1954
Charles Haight	Southern District of New York	03/29/1976 - 09/22/1995			Yale, B.A., 1952	Yale Law, LL.B., 1955
Stanley Brotman	District of New Jersey	03/14/1975 - 04/22/1990			Yale, B.A., 1947	Harvard Law, LL.B., 1950
Ralph Guy	Sixth Circuit	10/17/1985 - 9/1/1994	Eastern District of Michigan	1976-1985	U. of Michigan '51	U. of Michigan Law '53
Richard D. Rogers	District of Kansas	8/5/1975 - 1/1/1989			Kansas State U., B.S., 1943	U. of Kansas Law, J.D., 1947
Clarence Brimmer	District of Wyoming	9/16/1975 - 9/27/2006			University of Michigan, B.A., 1944	University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1947
Juan Torruella	First Circuit	10/4/1984 - Present	District of Puerto Rico	1974-1984	U. of Pennsylvania, B.S., 1954	Boston U. Law, J.D., 1957
William Stafford	Northern District of Florida	5/14/1975 - 5/31/1996			Temple University, B.A., 1953	Temple University, J.D., 1956
Joel Flaum	Seventh Circuit	5/5/1983 - Present	Northern District of Illinois	1974-1983	Union College '58	Northwestern U. Law '63
Terry Shell	Eastern District of Arkansas	9/15/1975 - 6/25/1978			Arkansas State University (1946)	University of Arkansas School of Law (1949)
Peter Fay	Eleventh Circuit	10/1/1981 - 1/19/1994	Fifth Circuit	1976-1981	Rollins College '51	U. of Florida Law '56
Gerald Tjoflat	Eleventh Circuit	10/1/1981 - Present	Fifth Circuit	1975-1981		Duke Law, LL.B., 1957
James Hill	Eleventh Circuit	10/11/1981 - 10/15/1989	Fifth Circuit	1976-1981	U. of Southern California '48	Emory Law '48
William Bauer	Seventh Circuit	12/20/1974 - 10/31/1994	Northern District of Illinois	1971-1975	Elmhurst College '49	DePaul U. Law '52
George Pratt	Second Circuit	6/21/1982 - 5/22/1993	Eastern District of New York	5/7/1976 - 6/29/1982	Yale, B.A., 1950	Yale Law, J.D., 1953
Thomas Meskill	Second Circuit	4/23/1975 - 6/30/1993			Trinity College, B.S., 1950	U. of Connecticut Law, J.D., 1956
Patrick Higginbotham	Fifth Circuit	07/30/1982 - 08/27/2006	Northern District of Texas	1975 - 1982	University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1960	University of Alabama School of Law, 1961
Eugene Davis	Fifth Circuit	11/16/1983 - Current	Western District of Louisiana	1976 - 1983		Tulane Law School, 1960
Glen Williams	Western District of Virginia	9/17/1976 - 11/21/1988			Milligan College (1940)	University of Virginia School of Law (1948)
John Copenhaver	Southern District of West Virginia	09/3/1996 - Present	U.S. Bankruptcy Judge	1973-1976	West Virginia U., A.B., 1947	West Virginia U. Law, LL.B., 1950
Charles Schwartz	Eastern District of Louisiana	05/07/1976 - 02/27/1991			Tulane U., B.A., 1943	Tulane Law, J.D., 1947
Maurice Cohill	Western District of Pennsylvania	05/21/1976 - 11/27/1994	Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, Judge	1968 - 1976	Princeton, A.B., 1951	U. of Pittsburgh Law, LL.B., 1956
James Martin Fitzgerald	District of Alaska	12/20/1974 - 1/1/1989			Willamette U., B.A., 1950	Willamette U. College of Law, LL.B., 1951
William Schwarzer	Northern District of California	7/23/1976 - 4/30/1991			U. of Southern California, A.B., 1948	Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1951
Robert Takasugi	Central District of California	5/7/1976 - 9/30/1996			University of California at Los Angeles, B.S., 1953	University of Southern California Law School, J.D., 1959
Eugene Siler	Sixth Circuit	9/16/1991 - 12/31/2001	Eastern District of Kentucky	11/13/1975 - 9/20/1991	Vanderbilt U., B.A., 1958	U. of Virginia School of Law, LL.B., 1963
William Steele Sessions	Western District of Texas	12/20/1974 - 11/1/1987			Baylor University (1956)	Baylor University School of Law (1958)
Henry Bramwell	Eastern District of New York	12/26/1974 - 10/1/1987	Civil Court of the City of New York	1969-1975		Brooklyn Law, LL.B., 1948
Gerard Goettel	Southern District of New York	3/30/1976 - 8/5/1993			Duke University (1950)	Columbia Law School (1955)
Vincent Broderick	Southern District of New York	10/4/1976 - 12/1/1988			Princeton University (1941)	Harvard Law School (1948)
Howard Munson	Northern District of New York	10/4/1976 - 11/5/1990			Pennsylvania U., B.S., 1948	Syracuse Law, LL.B., 1952
John Elfvin	Western District of New York	12/21/1974 - 7/1/1987			Cornell University (1942)	Georgetown University Law School (1947)
Jesse Henley	Eighth Circuit	3/14/1975 - 5/31/1982	Western District of Arkansas	9/8/1959 - 3/24/1975		U. of Arkansas School of Law, LL.B., 1941
John Gerry	District of New Jersey	12/20/1974 - 10/1/1994	Superior Court of New York	1973-1975	Princeton, A.B., 1950	Harvard Law, LL.B., 1953
James Churchill	Eastern District of Michigan	12/20/1974 - 12/31/1989			U. of Michigan, B.B.A., 1947	U. of Michigan Law School, LL.B., 1950
Edward Cahn	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	12/20/1974 - 12/31/1998			Lehigh U., B.A., 1955	Yale Law, LL.B, 1958
Matthew Perry	District of South Carolina	9/20/1979 - 09/30/1995	Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces	1971-1974	South Carolina State College, B.S., 1948	South Carolina State College, LL.B., 1951
Joseph Clarke	Eastern District of Virginia	12/20/1974 - 7/30/1991			University of Virginia (1945)	University of Virginia School of Law (1945)
Charles Haden II	Southern District of West Virginia	11/21/1975 - 3/20/2004	Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia	1972 - 1975	West Virginia U., B.S., 1958	West Virginia U. Law, LL.B., 1961
Kenneth Hall	Fourth Circuit	9/3/1976 - 2/24/1998	Southern District of West Virginia	1971 - 1976		West Virginia University College of Law (1948)
Morey Sear	Eastern District of Louisiana	5/7/1976 - 10/31/2000				Tulane Law, J.D., 1950
Robert O'Conor	Southern District of Texas	4/25/1975 - 9/30/1984			University of Texas (1956)	University of Texas School of Law (1957)
Ross Sterling	Southern District of Texas	5/7/1976 - 1/14/1988			University of Texas (1956)	University of Texas School of Law (1957)
John Manos	Northern District of Ohio	3/29/1976 - 4/1/1991			Case Institute of Technology (1944)	Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (1950)
James Ackerman	Central District of Illinois	3/31/1979 - 11/23/1984	Southern District of Illinois	7/2/1976 - 3/31/1979	Marquette U., B.S., 1947	Marquette U. Law School, J.D., 1949
Harlington Wood	Seventh Circuit	5/7/1976 - 1/15/1992	Southern District of Illinois	1973 - 1976	University of Illinois (1942)	University of Illinois College of Law (1948)
John Crowley	Northern District of Illinois	6/16/1976 - 6/30/1981				De Paul University College of Law (1960), New York University School of Law (1961)
Alfred Kirkland	Northern District of Illinois	12/21/1974 - 4/30/1979			University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1941)	Univeristy of Illinois College of Law (1943)
George Leighton	Northern District of Illinois	2/4/1976 - 12/1/1987			Howard University (1940)	Harvard Law School (1946)
Phil McNagny	Northern District of Indiana	5/6/1976 - 3/28/1981				Indiana University School of Law (1950)
Mary Richey	District of Arizona	6/16/1976 - 11/25/1983				University of Arizona College of Law (1951)
Harold Cook	Northern District of Oklahoma	12/20/1974 - 1/1/1992			U. of Oklahoma, B.S., 1949	U. of Oklahoma Law, LL.B., 1950
Ralph Thompson	Western District of Oklahoma	10/14/1975 - 12/16/1999			U. of Oklahoma, B.B.A., 1956	U. of Oklahoma Law, J.D., 1961
Sidney Aronovitz	Southern District of Florida	9/21/1976 - 10/31/1988			University of Florida (1942)	University of Florida College of Law (1943)
Laughlin Waters	Central District of California	5/12/1976 - 7/6/1986			University of California at Los Angeles (1939)	University of Southern California Law School (1947)
William Ingram	Northern District of California	7/23/1976 - 11/15/1990				U. of Louisville School of Law, LL.B., 1950
Dick Wong	District of Hawaii	4/25/1975 - 12/26/1978			University of Hawaii (1942)	Northwestern University School of Law (1950)
Marion Callister	District of Idaho	9/1/1976 - 6/6/1989			U. of Utah, B.S.L., 1950	U. of Utah College of Law, J.D., 1951
Ellsworth Van Graafeiland	Second Circuit	12/21/1974 - 5/5/1985			U. of Rochester, A.B., 1937	Cornell Law, LL.B., 1940
Albert Fletcher, Jr.	United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces	4/20/1975 - 9/11/1985
William Cook	United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces	8/21/1974 - 6/30/1984

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