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George Howard
George Howard, Jr. (1924-2007) was a federal judge on the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas.
Howard was nominated to both courts simultaneously by President Jimmy Carter on June 2, 1980, to seats vacated by Richard Arnold; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 29, 1980, and received commission the next day. He served both courts until December 1, 1990, at which time his seat on the Western District was reassigned. He continued serving on the Eastern District until his death on April 21, 2007. Howard was succeeded in this position by Brian Miller.
Early life and education
- University of Arkansas, B.S., 1954
- University of Arkansas School of Law, J.D., 1954
Professional career
- U.S. Navy, 1943-1946
- Private practice, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1954-1977, 1979
- Chairman, Arkansas State Claims Commission, 1969-1977
- Special Associate Justice, Arkansas Supreme Court, 1976
- Justice, Arkansas Supreme Court, 1977-1978
- Judge, Arkansas Court of Appeals, 1979-1980
Judicial nominations and appointments
Eastern District of Arkansas
Howard was nominated to both courts simultaneously by President Jimmy Carter on June 2, 1980, to seats vacated by Richard Arnold;[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on September 29, 1980, and received commission the next day. He served both courts until December 1, 1990, at which time his seat on the Western District was reassigned. He continued serving on the Eastern District until his death on April 21, 2007. Howard was succeeded in this position by Brian Miller.
Western District of Arkansas
Howard was nominated by Jimmy Carter on June 2, 1980, to a seat vacated by Richard Arnold. He was confirmed by the Senate on September 29, 1980, and received commission on September 30, 1980. Service was terminated on December 1, 1990, due to assignment to another court.
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
- ↑ Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Richard Arnold |
Eastern District of Arkansas 1980–2007 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: Brian Miller |
| Preceded by: Richard Arnold |
Western District of Arkansas 1980–1990 |
Succeeded by: '
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| Active judges | |||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Barry Bryant • Erin Wiedemann • Mark E. Ford • Christy Comstock • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Harry Barnes • Richard Arnold (Arkansas) • Terry Shell • Morris Arnold • Daniel Ringo • Hugh Waters • Henry Clay Caldwell • Isaac Charles Parker • William Story • John Henry Rogers • Frank Youmans • Heartsill Ragon • Harry Lemley • John Elvis Miller • Oren Harris • Jesse Henley • Susan Webber Wright • George Howard • Elsijane Roy • Paul Williams (Arkansas) • Paul K. Holmes • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Jimm Hendren • Hugh Waters • Harry Lemley • John Elvis Miller • Oren Harris • Paul Williams (Arkansas) • Paul K. Holmes • | ||
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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 | |||
