Federal judges nominated by Gerald Ford
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62 judges nominated by Gerald Ford were subsequently confirmed and served on the federal bench.
| Judge | Final post: | Term: | Previous Post: | Term: | Bachelors: | Law: |
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| 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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| 1974 |
Bauer • Bramwell • Cahn • Churchill • Clarke • Cook • Elfvin • Fitzgerald • Flaum • Gerry • Kirkland • Sessions • Torruella • Graafeiland | ||
| 1975 |
Brimmer • Brotman • Grady • Haden • Henley • Higginbotham • Kennedy • Leighton • McNagny • Meskill • O'Conor • Rogers • Shell • Siler • Stafford • Stevens • Thompson • Tjoflat • Wong | ||
| 1976 |
Ackerman • Anderson • Aronovitz • Broderick • Callister • Cohill • Copenhaver • Crowley • Davis • Fay • Goettel • Guy • Haight • Hall • Hill • Ingram • Manos • Munson • Poole • Pratt • Richey • Schwartz • Schwarzer • Sear • Sterling • Takasugi • Waters • Williams • Wood | ||
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