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Fredrick Taylor
Fredrick Monroe Taylor (1901-1988) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Idaho.
Taylor was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on July 9, 1954, to a new seat created by 68 Stat. 8; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 20, 1954, and received his commission that same day. From 1964-1971, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on December 15, 1971. He served the District of Idaho until his death on February 16, 1988. Taylor was succeeded in this position by J. Blaine Anderson.
Early life and education
- University of Idaho College of Law, LL.B., 1926
Professional career
- Private practice, Valley County, Idaho, 1927-1938
- Prosecuting attorney, Valley County, Idaho, 1927-1933, 1935-1938
- Private practice, Boise, Idaho, 1938-1954
- Member, Idaho State Senate, 1943-1951
- City attorney, Boise, Idaho, 1944-1946
Judicial nominations and appointments
District of Idaho
Taylor was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on July 9, 1954, to a new seat created by 68 Stat. 8[1]; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 20, 1954, and received his commission that same day. From 1964-1971, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on December 15, 1971. He served the District of Idaho until his death on February 16, 1988. Taylor was succeeded in this position by J. Blaine Anderson.
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Taylor's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
District of Idaho 1954–1971 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: J. Blaine Anderson
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| 1953 |
Boldt • Bruchhausen • Cecil • Dawkins, Jr. • Grooms • Hamlin • Hoffman • Knoch • Schnackenberg • Warren • Willson | ||
| 1954 |
Aldrich • Anderson • Bastian • Bicks • Bootle • Boreman • Breitenstein • Brooks • Cecil • Chambers • Choate • Christensen • Connell • Danaher • Dawson • Day • Fee • Freeman • Halbert • Harlan • Hincks • Hoffman • Holder • Hunter • Ingraham • Laramore • Kent • Lemmon • Lord • McGarraghy • Mickelson • Miller • Palmieri • Parkinson • Rogers • Ross • Stewart • Taylor • Thomsen • Tuttle • Van Oosterhout • Vogel • Walsh • Whittaker • Wilson | ||
| 1955 |
Alger • Brown • Cameron • Clarke • Davies • Devitt • East • Estes • Grubb • Harlan • Jertberg • Jones • Lumbard • McIlvaine • Miller • Register • Sorg • Van Dusen • Waterman • Watkins • Wortendyke • Wright | ||
| 1956 |
Barnes • Bryan • Burger • Cashin • Hamley • Herlands • Johnson • Juergens • Kerr • Kraft • Levet • Lewis • Lieb • Mercer • Morgan • Rich • Rizley • Robinson • Smith • Sobeloff • Weick • Whittaker | ||
| 1957 |
Arraj • Breitenstein • Brennan • Egan • Gignoux • Grant • Hastings • Haynsworth • Hicklin • Jameson • Layton • Moore • O'Sullivan • Parkinson • Richardson • Sirica • Stanley • Thompson • Van Pelt • Weber • Whittaker • Wisdom • Zavatt | ||
| 1958 |
Beck • Burke • Carswell • Clayton • Hamlin • Henley • Jertberg • Knoch • Martin • Matthes • Miner • Morrill • Poos • Robson • Stanley • Steel • Stewart • Wollenberg | ||
| 1959 |
Aldrich • Bartels • Blackmun • Boreman • Butler • Castle • Cecil • Crocker • Dalton • Field • Fisher • Forman • Friendly • Hart • Henderson • Henley • Julian • Kalbfleisch • Kilkenny • Koelsch • Kunzel • MacMahon • Merrill • Metzner • Powell • Smith • Sweigert • Walsh • Weick • Weinman • Wood • Worley • Young | ||
| 1960 |
Caffrey • Chilson • Durfee • Hodge • Kaess • Lane • Lewis • Mishler • O'Sullivan • Paul • Smith • Stephenson • Tavares • Timbers | ||
