Sam Crow
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| Sam Crow | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the District of Kansas | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Ronald Reagan |
| Active: | 12/10/1981 - 11/15/1996 |
| Senior: | 11/15/1996 - Current |
| Preceded by: | Frank Theis |
| Succeeded by: | Carlos Murguia |
| Past post: | District of Kansas, Magistrate judge |
| Past term: | 1975-1981 |
| Personal History | |
| Bachelors: | U. of Kansas, B.A., 1949 |
| Law School: | Washburn U. Law, J.D., 1952 |
Sam Crow is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. He joined the court in 1981 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan. [1]
Early life and education
A native of Kansas, Crow graduated from the University of Kansas-Lawrence with his Bachelor's Degree in 1949 and later graduated from Washburn Law School with his juris doctoral degree in 1952. Crow also served in the US Navy as a Sea man from 1944 to 1945 during the Korean Conflict and also served in the Army Reserve in the JAG Corps from 1953 to 1954.[1]
Legal career
Crow spent his entire pre-judicial legal career in Private practice in the State of Kansas from 1952 to 1953 and from 1954 to 1975. [1]
Federal judicial career
Crow started his Federal judicial career as a federal magistrate judge for the District of Kansas from 1975 to 1981. In 1981, on the Recommendation of Senator Bob Dole, Crow was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on November 24, 1981 to a seat vacated by Frank G. Theis as Theis assumed senior status. Crow was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 9, 1981 on a Senate vote and received commission on December 10, 1981. Crow later assumed senior status on November 15, 1996. [1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sam Crow's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Kathryn Vratil • John Marten • Carlos Murguia • Eric Melgren • Julie Robinson | ||
| Senior judges |
Richard D. Rogers • Monti Belot • Sam Crow • John Lungstrum • | ||
| Magistrate judges | David Waxse • Gary Sebelius • Gerald Rushfelt • James O'Hara • Donald Bostwick • Karen Humphreys • Kenneth Gale • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Wesley Brown • Mark W. Delahay • Archibald Williams • Cassius Gaius Foster • William Cather Hook • John Calvin Pollock • George Thomas McDermott • Richard Joseph Hopkins • Guy Helvering • Delmas Hill • Patrick Kelly • Arthur Mellott • Earl O'Connor • Dale Saffels • Arthur Stanley • Henry Templar • Frank Theis • George VanBebber • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Wesley Brown • John Lungstrum • Delmas Hill • Patrick Kelly • Arthur Mellott • Earl O'Connor • Arthur Stanley • Frank Theis • George VanBebber • | ||
