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Abner Mikva
Abner Joseph Mikva (1926-2016) was a state representative in Illinois, a member of the United States House of Representatives, a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and White House counsel. He was also a faculty member at both Northwestern University School of Law and the University of Chicago. Judge Mikva passed away on July 4, 2016.[1][2]
Early life and education
A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mikva graduated from the University of Chicago Law School with his J.D. in 1951[1]
Professional career
- 1996-2016: Visiting professor, University of Chicago
- 1994-1995: White House counsel
- 1975-1979: Member, U.S. House of Representatives
- 1973-1975: Professor, Northwestern University School of Law
- 1973-1974: Private practice, Chicago, Ill.
- 1969-1973: Member, U.S. House of Representatives
- 1956-1966: State representative, Illinois
- 1952-1968: Private practice, Chicago, Ill.
- 1951-1952: Law clerk, Hon. Sherman Minton, Supreme Court of the United States
- 1944-1945: U.S. Army Air Corps[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
District of Columbia Circuit
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| Name: Abner Joseph Mikva |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
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| Confirmed 119 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: May 29, 1979
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| Confirmed: September 25, 1979
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| Vote: 58-31
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Mikva was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on May 29, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629. Mikva was confirmed on a recorded 58-31 vote of the U.S. Senate on September 25, 1979, and he received his commission on September 26, 1979. Judge Mikva served as chief judge of the D.C. Circuit from 1991 to 1994. Judge Mikva retired from judicial service on September 19, 1994, to serve as White House counsel to President Bill Clinton. Mikva was succeeded in this post by Judge Merrick Garland. Judge Mikva passed away on July 4, 2016.[1][2][3]
See also
External links
- Judge Mikva's biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- Mikva Challenge website
- University of Chicago Magazine profile of Judge Mikva
Footnotes
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
