Federal judges nominated by John F. Kennedy
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127 judges nominated by John F. Kennedy were subsequently confirmed and served on the federal bench.
| Judge | Final post: | Term: | Previous Post: | Term: | Bachelors: | Law: |
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| William E. Doyle | Tenth Circuit | 4/26/1971 - 12/28/1984 | District of Colorado | 1961 - 1971 | University of Colorado (1940) | George Washington University School of Law (1937) |
| Benjamin Duniway | ||||||
| Edward McManus | Northern District of Iowa | 7/16/1962 - 2/9/1985 | U. of Iowa, B.A., 1940 | U. of Iowa College of Law, J.D., 1942 | ||
| William Nealon | Middle District of Pennsylvania | 12/13/1962 - 01/01/1989 | Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas, Judge | 1960 - 1962 | Villanova U., B.S., 1947 | Catholic U. of America Law, LL.B., 1950 |
| Wesley Brown | District of Kansas | 4/4/1962 - 9/1/1979 | Kansas City Law, LL.B., 1933 | |||
| George Young | Middle District of Florida | 10/29/1962 - 10/19/1981 | Northern District of Florida and Southern District of Florida | 9/18/1961 - 10/29/1962 | University of Florida, A.B., 1938 | University of Florida College of Law, LL.B., 1940 |
| Jesse Eschbach | Seventh Circuit | 12/1/1981 - 11/4/1985 | Northern District of Indiana | 4/13/1962 - 12/11/1981 | Indiana University, B.S., 1943 | Indiana University School of Law, J.D., 1949 |
| David Dyer | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit|Fifth Circuit, transferred to Eleventh Circuit | 8/17/1966 - 9/30/1976 | Southern District of Florida | 1961-1966 | Stetson U. Law, LL.B., 1933 | |
| Lewis Morgan | Eleventh Circuit | 7/25/1968 - 9/1/1978 | Northern District of Georgia | 1961-1968 | U. of Georgia Law, LL.B., 1935 | |
| Wilfred Feinberg | Second Circuit | 3/7/1966 - 1/31/1991 | Southern District of New York | 1962-1966 | Columbia, B.A., 1940 | Columbia Law, LL.B., 1946 |
| Reynaldo Garza | Fifth Circuit | 7/13/1979 - 7/7/1982 | Southern District of Texas | 4/14/1961 - 8/1/1979 | Brownsville Junior College, A.A., 1935; U. of Texas, Austin, B.A., 1937 | U. of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1939 |
| James R. Browning | Ninth Circuit | 9/18/1961 - 9/1/2000 | Montana State U. '41 | |||
| Joseph Simon Lord | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 9/15/1961 - 7/1/1982 | U. of Pennsylvania, A.B., 1933 | U. of Pennsylvania Law, LL.B., 1936 | ||
| Albert Lee Stephens, Jr. | Central District of California | 9/18/1966 - 6/1/1979 | Southern District of California | 9/18/1961 - 9/18/1966 | U. of Southern California, A.B., 1936 | U. of Southern California Law School, LL.B., 1938 |
| Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. | Sixth Circuit | 9/7/1966 - 3/28/1977 | Eastern District of Michigan | 1961 - 1966 | Fisk University (1941) | Harvard Law School (1944) |
| Mosher Blumenfeld | District of Connecticut | 8/15/1961 - 1/20/1977 | Minnesota U., B.A., 1925 | Harvard Law, LL.B., 1928 | ||
| John Dooling | Eastern District of New York | 9/21/1961-11/30/1976 | St. Francis College (1929) | St. John's University School of Law (1932), Harvard Law School (1934) | ||
| George Rosling | Eastern District of New York | 3/16/1962-4/16/1973 | City Court of the City of New York | 1960 - 1961 | Columbia, A.B., 1920 | Brooklyn Law, LL.B., 1923 |
| Dudley Bonsal | Southern District of New York | 3/17/1962 - 12/6/1976 | Dartmouth College (1927) | Harvard Law School (1930) | ||
| John Cannella | Southern District of New York | 7/3/1963 - 12/31/1977 | Fordham College (1930) | Fordham University School of Law (1933) | ||
| Irving Cooper | Southern District of New York | 9/28/1962 - 2/7/1972 | Washington University School of Law (1925) | |||
| Thomas Croake | Southern District of New York | 9/22/1961 - 1/31/1972 | Albany Law School (1925) | |||
| Irving Kaufman | Second Circuit | 9/22/1961 - 7/1/1987 | Southern District of New York | 1950-1961 | Fordham U. Law, LL.B., 1931 | |
| Edward McLean | Southern District of New York | 7/13/1962-10/12/1972 | Williams College (1924) | Harvard Law School (1929) | ||
| Frank Wiley Wilson | Eastern District of Tennessee | 6/15/1961 - 9/29/1982 | U. of Tennessee, A.B., 1939 | U. of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., 1941 | ||
| Charles Neese | Eastern District of Tennessee | 2/17/1962 - 8/31/1982 | Cumberland University (1936) | Read Law (1938) | ||
| Charles Tenney | Southern District of New York | 12/12/1963 - 1/31/1979 | Yale University (1933) | Yale Law School (1936) | ||
| Harold Tyler | Southern District of New York | 8/2/1962 - 4/6/1975 | Princeton University (1943) | Columbia Law School (1949) | ||
| Inzer Wyatt | Southern District of New York | 9/28/1962 - 3/28/1977 | University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (1927) | Harvard Law School (1930) | ||
| Frank Gray | Middle District of Tennessee | 2/17/1962 - 7/15/1977 | Cumberland U., LL.B., 1928 | |||
| Anthony Augelli | District of New Jersey | 9/22/1961 - 4/1/1972 | Rutgers U. Law, LL.B., 1929 | |||
| Mitchell Cohen | District of New Jersey | 8/2/1962 - 9/11/1974 | New Jersey Superior Court | 1961-1962 | Dickinson School of Law, LL.B., 1928 | |
| James Coolahan | District of New Jersey | 4/7/1962 - 6/1/1974 | Rutgers U. Law, LL.B., 1925 | |||
| Robert Shaw | District of New Jersey | 4/12/1962 - 7/9/1972 | Rutgers University School of Law (1932) | |||
| William Francis Smith | Third Circuit | 8/30/1961 - 2/26/1968 | District of New Jersey | 1941 - 1961 | New Jersey Law, LL.B., 1929 | |
| Ralph Body | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 4/4/1962 - 5/29/1972 | Pennsylvania State University (1925) | University of Pennsylvania (1928) | ||
| Abraham Freedman | Third Circuit | 7/2/1964 - 3/13/1971 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 9/22/1961 - 7/1/1964 | Temple University School of Law (1926) | |
| James Ganey | Third Circuit | 8/15/1961 - 8/15/1966 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 1940-1961 | Lehigh U., LL.B., 1920, Harvard Law, LL.B., 1923 |
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| Michael Sheridan | Middle District of Pennsylvania | 8/30/1961 - 8/23/1976 | Lafayette College, B.S., 1933 | Dickinson Law, LL.B., 1936 | ||
| Edward Dumbauld | Western District of Pennsylvania | 8/3/1961 - 12/30/1976 | Princeton University (1926) | Harvard Law School (1929), (1930); University of Leyden (1932) | ||
| Louis Rosenberg | Western District of Pennsylvania | 7/12/1962 - 1/4/1976 | Duquesne University School of LAw (1923) | |||
| Harrison Winter | Fourth Circuit | 6/24/1966 - 1/1/1990 | District of Maryland | 1962-1966 | Johns Hopkins U. '42 | U. of Maryland Law '44 |
| Edward Northrop | District of Maryland | 9/5/1961 - 6/12/1981 | George Washington U. Law, LL.B., 1937 | |||
| John Larkins | Eastern District of North Carolina | 8/21/1961 - 6/8/1979 | Wake Forest U., B.A., 1929 | Read law, 1930 | ||
| Lunsford Preyer | Middle District of North Carolina | 2/17/1962 - 10/9/1963 | Princeton University (1941) | Harvard Law School (1949) | ||
| James Craven | Fourth Circuit | 6/29/1966 - 5/3/1977 | Western District of North Carolina | 1961 - 1966 | Duke U., A.B., 1939 | Harvard Law, LL.B., 1942 |
| Albert Bryan, Sr. | Fourth Circuit | 8/15/1961 - 5/3/1972 | Eastern District of Virginia | 1947 - 1961 | U. of Virginia Law, LL.B., 1921 | |
| John Butzner | Fourth Circuit | 7/31/1967 - 10/31/1982 | Eastern District of Virginia | 1962 - 1967 | University of Scranton (1938) | University of Virginia School of Law (1941) |
| Thomas Michie | Western District of Virginia | 6/30/1961 - 11/6/1967 | University of Virginia (1917)(1920) | University of Virginia School of Law (1921) | ||
| Robert Ainsworth | Fifth Circuit | 7/22/1966 - 12/22/1981 | Eastern District of Louisiana | 1961 - 1966 | Loyola University's New Orleans School of Law (1932) | |
| Frank Ellis | Eastern District of Louisiana | 4/12/1962 - 11/16/1965 | Gulf Coast Military Academy | Louisiana State University Law School (1929) | ||
| Elmer West | Middle District of Louisiana | 4/16/1972 - 11/27/1979 | Eastern District of Louisiana | 1961-1972 | Louisiana State U., B.S., 1941 | Louisiana State U. Law, LL.B., 1942 |
| James Wright | D.C. Circuit | 3/30/1962-6/1/1986 | Eastern District of Louisiana | 1950-1962 | Loyola U. New Orleans 1931 | Loyola U. New Orleans Law 1934 |
| Richard Putnam | Western District of Louisiana | 9/18/1961 - 12/191/1975 | Spring Hill College (1934) | Loyola University New Orleans School of Law (1937) | ||
| William Cox | Southern District of Mississippi | 6/30/1961 - 10/4/1982 | U. of Mississippi, B.S., 1924 | U. of Mississippi Law, LL.B., 1924 | ||
| Leo Brewster | Northern District of Texas | 3/17/1962 - 11/1/1973 | U. of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1926 | |||
| Sarah Hughes | Northern District of Texas | 3/17/1962 - 8/4/1975 | Goucher College (1917) | George Washington University Law School (1922) | ||
| James Noel | Southern District of Texas | 3/17/1962 - 12/15/1976 | Southern Methodist University (1931), (1932) | Southern Methodist University School of Law (1937) | ||
| Adrian Spears | Western District of Texas | 3/17/1962 - 10/10/1979 | University of South Carolina Law Center (1934) | |||
| William Thornberry | Fifth Circuit | 7/1/1965 - 12/21/1978 | Western District of Texas | 1963 - 1965 | University of Texas (1932) | University of Texas School of Law (1936) |
| Bernard Moynahan | Eastern District of Kentucky | 11/8/1963 - 9/30/1984 | U. of Kentucky, A.B., 1935 | U. of Kentucky College of Law, LL.B., 1938 | ||
| Thaddeus Machrowicz | Eastern District of Michigan | 9/7/1961 - 2/17/1970 | Detroit College of Law (1924) | |||
| Stephen Roth | Eastern District of Michigan | 5/7/1962 - 7/11/1974 | University of Notre Dame (1931) | University of Michigan Law School (1935) | ||
| Talbot Smith | Eastern District of Michigan | 2/9/1962 - 10/31/1971 | U.S. Naval Academy (1920) | University of Michigan Law School (1934) | ||
| Noel Fox | Western District of Michigan | 7/31/1962 - 12/31/1979 | Marquette U., Ph.B., 1933 | Marquette U. Law School, J.D., 1935 | ||
| Frank Battisti | Northern District of Ohio | 9/22/1961 - 4/1/1994 | Ohio U., A.B., 1947 | Harvard Law School, J.D., 1950 | ||
| Ben Green | Northern District of Ohio | 7/2/1962 - 1/5/1976 | Case Western Reserve University (1928) | Case Western Reserve University School of Law (1930) | ||
| John Peck II | Sixth Circuit | 7/22/1966 - 7/1/1978 | Southern District of Ohio | 1962 - 1966 | Miami University (1935) | University of Cincinnati College of Law (1938) |
| Richard Austin | Northern District of Illinois | 8/15/1961 - 10/10/1975 | University of Chicago Law School (1926) | |||
| Bailey Brown | Sixth Circuit | 9/26/1979 - 6/16/1982 | Western District of Tennessee | 8/21/1961 - 9/26/1979 | University of Michigan, A.B., 1939 | Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1942 |
| Bernard Decker | Northern District of Illinois | 4/2/1963 - 4/2/1980 | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1926) | Harvard Law School (1929) | ||
| Abraham Marovitz | Northern District of Illinois | 10/2/1963 - 10/10/1975 | Chicago-Kent College of Law (1925) | |||
| James Parsons | Northern District of Illinois | 8/30/1961 - 8/30/1981 | Millikin U., B.A., 1934 | U. of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1949 | ||
| Hubert Will | Northern District of Illinois | 9/22/1961 - 4/23/1979 | University of Chicago (1935) | University of Chicago Law School (1937) | ||
| William Hanson | Northern District of Iowa | 7/23/1962 - 8/15/1977 | Southern District of Iowa | 7/23/1962 - 6/6/1995 | U. of Iowa, B.A., 1933 | U. of Iowa College of Law, J.D., 1935 |
| Samuel Dillin | Southern District of Indiana | 9/22/1961 - 3/31/1993 | Indiana U., A.B., 1936 | Indiana U., LL.B., 1938 | ||
| Earl Larson | District of Minnesota | 8/10/1961 - 6/30/1977 | University of Minnesota (1932) | University of Minnesota Law School (1935) | ||
| George Beamer | Northern District of Indiana | 4/12/1962 - 10/21/1974 | Notre Dame Law School, LL.B., 1929 | |||
| Luther Swygert | Seventh Circuit | 9/29/1961 - 7/1/1981 | Northern District of Indiana | 10/16/1943 - 10/10/1961 | Notre Dame Law School, LL.B., 1927 | |
| Raymond Plummer | District of Alaska | 9/18/1961 - 6/1/1973 | University of Nebraska, B.A., 1937 | University of Nebraska College of Law, LL.B., 1939 | ||
| Walter Craig | District of Arizona | 10/2/1963 - 10/1/1979 | Stanford U., B.A., 1931 | Stanford Law School, J.D., 1934 | ||
| Arthur Davis | District of Arizona | 8/21/1961 - 7/11/1963 | George Washington University Law School (1933) | |||
| Thomas MacBride | Eastern District of California | 9/18/1966 - 3/25/1979 | Northern District of California | 9/22/1961 - 9/18/1966 | U. of California, Berkeley, A.B., 1936 | U. of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D., 1940 |
| Charles Carr | Central District of California | 9/18/1966 - 8/18/1973 | Southern District of California | 1962 - 1966 | Vanderbilt University (1925) | Yale Law School (1926) |
| Elisha Crary | Central District of California | 9/18/1966 - 6/24/1975 | Southern District of California | 1962 - 1966 | University of Southern California (1929) | University of Southern California Law School (1929) |
| Jesse Curtis | Central District of California | 9/18/1966 - 12/31/1975 | Southern District of California | 1962 - 1966 | University of Redlands (1928) | Harvard Law School (1932) |
| James Meredith | Eastern District of Missouri | 3/17/1962 - 8/31/1979 | U. of Missouri-Columbia, A.B., 1936 | U. of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, LL.B., 1937 | ||
| John Regan | Eastern District of Missouri | 4/3/1962 - 4/7/1977 | Benton College (1934) | |||
| William Becker | Western District of Missouri | 9/18/1961 - 2/8/1977 | U. of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, LL.B., 1932 | |||
| Floyd Gibson | Eighth Circuit | 6/8/1965 - 12/31/1979 | Western District of Missouri | 8/30/1961 - 6/20/1965 | U. of Missouri, A.B., 1931 | U. of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, LL.B., 1933 |
| Albert Ridge | Eighth Circuit | 6/15/1961 - 4/16/1965 | Western District of Missouri | 4/7/1945 - 6/29/1961 | Read law, 1923 | |
| John Oliver | Western District of Missouri | 4/3/1962 - 11/3/1980 | U. of Missouri, A.B., 1933 | U. of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, LL.B., 1936 | ||
| Martin Pence | District of Hawaii | 9/22/1961 - 11/18/1974 | U. of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law; Read law, 1928 | |||
| Delmas Hill | Tenth Circuit | 9/22/1961 - 4/1/1977 | District of Kansas | 1950-1961 | Washburn U. Law, LL.B., 1929 | |
| Henry Templar | District of Kansas | 4/12/1962 - 11/1/1974 | Washburn University School of Law (1927) | |||
| Harry Payne | District of New Mexico | 3/27/1963 - 7/20/1983 | Sixth Judicial District of New Mexico | 1957 - 1963 | Read Law, 1934 | |
| Luther Bohanon | Western District of Oklahoma | 8/30/1961 - 8/2/1974 | U. of Oklahoma Law, LL.B., 1927 | |||
| Frederick Daugherty | Western District of Oklahoma | 2/17/1962 - 4/7/2006 | Eastern District of Oklahoma | 1962-2006(Concurrent) | Cumberland U., LL.B., 1933 | |
| Allen Barrow | Northern District of Oklahoma | 8/2/1962 - 2/26/1979 | U. of Oklahoma, B.A., 1937 | Southeastern Oklahoma State College, LL.B., 1942 | ||
| Clarence Allgood | Northern District of Alabama | 2/9/1962 - 1/9/1973 | Alabama Polytechnic Institute (1926) | Birmingham School of Law (1941) | ||
| William McRae | Middle District of Florida | 10/29/1962 - 1/27/1973 | Southern District of Florida | 1961-1962 | U. of Florida, A.B., 1932 Oxford U., B.A., 1933 | U. of Florida Law, J.D., 1933 |
| Charles Fulton | Southern District of Florida | 4/26/1963 - 6/30/1978 | U. of Florida Law, LL.B., 1935 | |||
| James Robert Elliott | Middle District of Georgia | 2/17/1962 - 12/31/2000 | Emory U., Ph.B., 1930 | Emory U. law, LL.B., 1934 | ||
| Stanley Weigel | Northern District of California | 8/15/1962 - 10/9/1982 | Stanford University (1926) | Stanford Law School (1928) | ||
| Byron White | ||||||
| Thurgood Marshall | Supreme Court | 8/30/1967 - 10/1/1991 | Second Circuit | 9/14/1962 - 8/23/1965 | Lincoln U., A.B., 1930 | Howard U. Law, LL.B., 1933 |
| Arthur Goldberg | Supreme Court | 9/28/1962 - 7/26/1965 | Northwestern U.Law, LL.B., 1928, J.D., 1929 | |||
| Alfonso Zirpoli | Northern District of California | 9/22/1961 - 9/30/1975 | University of California, Berkeley (1926) | University of California, Berkeley, Baolt Hall School of Law (1928) | ||
| Roger Foley | District of Nevada | 7/2/1962 - 10/29/1982 | U. of San Francisco School of Law, LL.B. | |||
| Bruce Thompson | District of Nevada | 8/16/1963 - 8/31/1978 | University of Nevada (1932) | Stanford Law School (1936) | ||
| Paul Hays | Second Circuit | 3/17/1962 - 9/11/1974 | Columbia, A.B., 1924 | Columbia Law, LL.B., 1933 | ||
| William Beeks | Western District of Washington | 8/15/1961 - 5/31/1973 | U. of Washington School of Law, LL.B., 1932 | |||
| J. Spencer Bell | ||||||
| Griffin Bell | ||||||
| Walter Gewin | ||||||
| George Edwards | Sixth Circuit | 12/19/1963 - 1/15/1985 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1956-1961 | Southern Methodist U. '33 | Detroit College of Law '49 |
| Harry Phillips | Sixth Circuit | 7/3/1963 - 1/15/1979 | Cumberland U. '32 | Cumberland U. Law '33 | ||
| Roger Kiley | ||||||
| Pat Mehaffy | Eighth Circuit | 7/16/1963 - 8/31/1974 | U. of Arkansas Law '27 | |||
| Oliver Seth | Tenth Circuit | 6/20/1962 - 12/25/1984 | Stanford U. '37 | Yale Law '40 | ||
| William Jones | D.C. District Court | 4/12/1962 - 3/20/1977 | Notre Dame 1928 | Notre Dame Law 1931 | ||
| Carl McGowan | D.C. Circuit | 3/27/1963 - 8/31/1981 | Dartmouth College 1932 | Columbia Law 1936 | ||
| T. Emmet Clarie | District of Connecticut | 9/18/1961 - 1/1/1983 | Providence College, Ph.B., 1933 | Hartford College, LL.B., 1938 | ||
| James Robert Martin, Jr. | District of South Carolina | 9/18/1961 - 11/30/1979 | Washington and Lee U. Law, LL.B., 1931 | |||
| Howard A. Dawson, Jr. | United States Tax Court | 8/21/1962 - 6/2/1985 | University of North Carolina, B.S., 1946 | George Washington University School of Law, J.D., 1949 | ||
| Paul Kilday | United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces | 9/25/1961 - 10/12/1968 |
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