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George Carswell
George Harold Carswell (1919-1992) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. He was also nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1970; this nomination was rejected by the Senate, 51-45.[1] Carswell died on July 13, 1992.
Early life and education
- U.S. Naval Academy
- University of Georgia School of Law
- Duke University, A.B., 1941
- Mercer University, LL.B., 1948[1]
Professional career
- U.S. Naval Reserve Lieutenant, 1941-1945
- Private practice, Georgia, 1948
- Private practice, Tallahassee, Florida, 1948-1953
- U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, 1953-1958
- Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from Florida, 1970
- Private practice, Tallahassee, Florida, 1970-1992[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Fifth Circuit
Carswell was nominated to the Fifth Circuit by President Richard Nixon on May 12, 1969, to a new seat created by 82 Stat. 184; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 19, 1969, and received his commission on June 20th. He resigned on April 20, 1970.[1]
Northern District of Florida
Carswell was nominated to the Northern District of Florida by President Dwight Eisenhower on March 6, 1958, to a seat vacated by Dozier DeVane; he was confirmed by the Senate on March 31, 1958, and received his commission on April 10, 1958. He served as chief judge from 1958 he was elevated to the Fifth Circuit on June 27, 1969.[1] Carswell was succeeded in this position by David Middlebrooks.
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Judge Carswell's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by: Dozier DeVane |
Northern District of Florida 1958–1969 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: David Middlebrooks |
| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1969–1970 |
Succeeded by: Paul Roney
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| 1969 |
Adams • Barlow • Battin • Brooks • Burger • Carswell • Clark • Garth • Gibbons • Goodwin • Hannum • Herman • Ingraham • Kilkenny • Lane • Levin • MacKinnon • McFadden • Middlebrooks • Parker • Robb • Trask • Widener • Wilkins • Williams • Wright | ||
| 1970 |
Becker • Blackmun • Bogue • Bratcher • Bue • Conti • Cox • Ditter • Dupree • Eisele • Engel • Fay • Feikens • Fisher • Frey • Gorbey • Hill • Huyett • Kelleher • Kennedy • Kent • King • Kitchen • Knapp • Knox • Krupansky • McCune • McGarr • McWilliams • Mechem • J. Miller • W. Miller • Morton • Moye • Muir • O'Kelley • Oakes • Pell • Pointer • Pratt • Roney • Rosenn • Ross • Schnacke • Scott • Stapleton • Steger • Stevens • Teitelbaum • Thompson • Tjoflat • Toledo • Turrentine • Urbom • VanArtsdalen • Walinski • Wallace • Wangelin • Webster • Weis • Wellford • Wilkey • Winner • Wood | ||
| 1971 |
Alaimo • Allen • A. Anderson • J. Anderson • Barrett • Bauer • Bauman • Benson • Blair • Blatt • Boe • Brieant • Broderick • Bryan Jr. • Byrne • Campbell • Chapman • Choy • Contie • Costantino • DeMascio • Denney • Dier • Doyle • Field • Finesilver • Flannery • Freeman • Gagliardi • Goodwin • Gordon • Green • Gurfein • Hall • Hand • Hodges • Holden • Hunter • Kunzig • Lacey • Lucas • Lydick • Mansfield • McGovern • McLaren • McMillen • Mulligan • Murray • Neaher • Newcomer • Newman • Nielsen • O'Connor • Oakes • Pierce • Powell • Rehnquist • Renfrew • Richey • Rosen • Rubin • Russell • Scalera • Sharp • Sprecher • Stephenson • Stuart • Timbers • Tone • Sickle • Varner • R. West • Williams • Young | ||
| 1972 |
Bechtle • Bennett • Burns • Campbell • Carter • Coffrin • Duffy • Enright • Foreman • Freedman • Griesa • Hermansdorfer • Joiner • Kashiwa • King • Knapp • Lively • Mahon • Markey • Neill • Owens • Pesquera • Roettger • Skopil, Jr. • Stewart • Tauro • Turk • Wallace • H. Ward • R. Ward • Widener | ||
| 1973 |
Biunno • Conner • Engel • Fogel • Garth • Gee • Guin • Hancock • Harvey • Marshall • Miller • Nangle • Owen • Reed • Schatz • Sharp • Skinner • Sneed • Snyder • Stern • Webster • Weis • Wood | ||
| 1974 |
Alsop • Duncan • Firth • Gurfein • Hill • Matsch • McGlynn • Meanor • Miles • Morris • Orrick • Platt • Porter • Schwartz • Stagg • Tone • Voorhees • Warren • Warriner • Werker | ||
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|---|---|---|---|
| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Mark E. Walker (Federal judge) • Margaret Rodgers • T. Kent Wetherell • Allen Winsor | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Charles Kahn • Elizabeth Timothy • Martin Fitzpatrick • Hope Cannon • Michael Frank • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
George C. Young • William Stafford • Stephan Mickle • John Smoak • Isaac Hopkins Bronson • McQueen McIntosh • Philip Fraser • Thomas Settle • Charles Swayne • William Bostwick Sheppard • Augustus Long • Winston Arnow • George Carswell • Curtis Waller • George Whitehurst • Lynn Higby • David Middlebrooks • Dozier DeVane • Gary Jones (Florida) • Larry Bodiford • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Robert Hinkle • Maurice Paul • Clyde Roger Vinson • William Stafford • Stephan Mickle • Winston Arnow • George Carswell • | ||
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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 | ||
