Charles Casper Simons
| Charles Casper Simons | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Herbert Hoover |
| Active: | 1/29/1932 - 9/15/1959 |
| Chief: | 1952-1958 |
| Senior: | 9/15/1959 - 2/2/1964 |
| Preceded by: | Arthur Carter Denison |
| Succeeded by: | Clifford O'Sullivan |
| Past post: | Eastern District of Michigan |
| Past term: | 1923-1932 |
| Past position: | Seat #2 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1876 |
| Deceased: | 2/2/1964 |
| Bachelors: | U. of Michigan 1898 |
| Law School: | U. of Michigan Law 1900 |
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Charles Casper Simons (1876-1964) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Early life and education
Professional career
- Private practice, Detroit, Michigan, 1900-1923
- Member, Michigan State Senate, 1903-1904
- Circuit court commissioner, Wayne County, 1905-1906
- Member, Michigan Constitutional Convention, 1908[1]
Judicial career
Sixth Circuit
Simons was nominated by President Herbert Hoover on January 8, 1932 to replace Arthur Carter Denison. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 26th, and received commission on January 29th. From 1952 to 1958, he was the chief judge. On September 15, 1959, he assumed senior status, and continued to serve in this capacity until his death on February 2, 1964.[1]
Eastern District of Michigan
Simons was nominated by President Warren Harding on January 31, 1923 to fill the seat created by 42 Stat. 837. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 6, 1923, and received commission that same day. He served on this court until February 2, 1932, when he was appointed to the Sixth Circuit.[1] Simons was succeeded in this position by Arthur Lederle.
External links
- Biography from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit website.
- Charles Casper Simons's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Charles Casper Simons's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Eastern District of Michigan 1923–1932 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Arthur Lederle |
| Preceded by: Arthur Carter Denison |
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 1932–1964 |
Succeeded by: Clifford O'Sullivan |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Gerald Rosen • Victoria Roberts • Paul Borman • Robert Cleland • Sean Cox • Denise Hood • David Lawson • Thomas Ludington • George Steeh • Gershwin Drain • Mark Goldsmith • Stephen Murphy • Terrence Berg | ||
| Senior judges |
Bernard Friedman • Marianne Battani • Anna Taylor • Avern Cohn • Julian Cook • Patrick Duggan • Nancy Edmunds • Paul Gadola • John O'Meara • Arthur Tarnow • Lawrence Zatkoff • Stewart Newblatt • Charles Joiner • James Harvey • James Churchill • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Mark Randon • Steven Whalen • Charles Binder • Michael Hluchaniuk • Paul Komives • Mona Majzoub • David Grand • Laurie Michelson • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Damon Keith • John Feikens • Cornelia Kennedy • Ralph Guy • Richard Suhrheinrich • Horace Gilmore • Ross Wilkins • Barbara Hackett • George La Plata • Henry Billings Brown • John Wesley Longyear • Henry Harrison Swan • Alexis Caswell Angell • Arthur Tuttle • Charles Casper Simons • Edward Julien Moinet • Ernest Aloysius O'Brien • Arthur Lederle • Frank Picard • Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. • Patricia Boyle • Robert DeMascio • Ralph Freeman • Lawrence Gubow • Frederick Kaess • Arthur Koscinski • Theodore Levin • Thaddeus Machrowicz • Clifford O'Sullivan • Philip Pratt • Stephen Roth • Talbot Smith • Thomas Thornton • George Woods • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Damon Keith • Bernard Friedman • Anna Taylor • Julian Cook • John Feikens • Lawrence Zatkoff • Cornelia Kennedy • Arthur Lederle • Frank Picard • James Churchill • Ralph Freeman • Frederick Kaess • Theodore Levin • Philip Pratt • | ||
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| 1921 |
Morris • Peters • Baker • Groner • Hoehling • Kennedy • Lewis • Luse • Mayer • McClintic • Miller • Morris • Peters • Ross • Taft • Waddill | ||
| 1922 |
Atwell • Barrett • Brewster • Butler • Campbell • Cliffe • Gibson • Goddard • Kenyon • Lindley • Lowell • Rose • Runyon • Schoonmaker • Scott • Sutherland • Symes • Wilkerson • Winslow | ||
| 1923 |
Bland • Bondy • Cant • Gore • Hatfield • Hickenlooper • Hicks • Inch • Jacobs • James • Jones • McGee • McKeehan • Patridge • Phillips • Reeves • Rudkin • Sanford • Simons • Soper • Webster | ||
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| 1929 |
Avis • Byers • Caffey • Coxe, Jr. • Galston • Gardner • Glenn • Hopkins • Lenroot • Littleton • McDermott • Phillips • Sparks • Watson • Wheat • Wilbur • Wilson • Williams • Woolsey • Wyman | ||
| 1930 |
Adkins • Bryant • Cosgrave • Cox • Hincks • Hughes • Hutcheson • Luhring • Nields • Patterson • Roberts • Sibley • Thompson • Whaley • Wheat | ||
| 1931 |
Barnes • Chesnut • Evans • Fee • Groner • Hincks • Hitz • Hollzer • Kennamer • Kennerly • Kincheloe • Knight • Letts • McMillan • Morton • Nordbye • O'Brien • O'Donoghue • Paul, Jr. • Proctor • Sames • Sanborn • Sawtelle • Soper • Strum • Underwood • Way | ||
| 1932 |
Briggle • Cardozo • Dallinger • Forman • Johnson • Joyce • McLellan • Simons • Welsh | ||
- Eastern District of Michigan, Seat 2
- Former federal judge, Eastern District of Michigan
- Former federal judge, Sixth Circuit
- Former chief judge, Sixth Circuit
- Appointed by Warren Harding
- Confirmed 1923
- Appointed by Herbert Hoover
- Confirmed 1932
- Former federal judge
- U. of Michigan Alumni
- U. of Michigan Law Alumni
