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Edward Johnstone
Edward Johnstone was an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. He joined the court in 1977 after being nominated by President Jimmy Carter. Johnstone took on senior status in 1993 and died in office, on June 26, 2013.[1][2]
Early life
Born in Brazil, Johnstone graduated from the University of Kentucky Law School with his J.D. degree in 1949 and later served as a US Army Sergeant from 1942 to 1945.[1]
Professional career
Johnstone served in private practice in Princeton, KY from 1949 to 1976. In addition to his private practice work, Johnstone has served as a part-time City Attorney in the Cities of Princeton, KY from 1952 to 1954, along with Kuttawa, KY and Fredonia, KY from 1954 to 1976. Also, Johnstone served as a judge in the City of Princeton, KY Police Court from 1954 to 1969 before being elected as a circuit court judge in the 56th Judicial Circuit of Kentucky from 1976 to 1977.[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Western District of Kentucky
On the unanimous recommendation of Senators Wendell Ford and Walter Huddleston, Johnstone was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on August 25, 1977 to a seat vacated by James Gordon. Johnstone was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 7, 1977 on a Senate Vote and received commission on October 11, 1977. Johnstone served as the Chief Judge of the court from 1985 to 1990 before assuming senior status on October 22, 1993.[1]
See also
External links
- Senior Judge Johnstone's homepage
- The Robing Room- Rate Judge Johnstone
- Edward Johnstone's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: James Gordon |
Western District of Kentucky 1977–1993 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Thomas Russell
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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 | |||
Federal courts:
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Kentucky, Western District of Kentucky • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Kentucky, Western District of Kentucky
State courts:
Kentucky Supreme Court • Kentucky Court of Appeals • Kentucky Circuit Courts • Kentucky District Courts • Kentucky Family Court
State resources:
Courts in Kentucky • Kentucky judicial elections • Judicial selection in Kentucky
