George Sullivan (Minnesota)
George Sullivan (1886-1944) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
He was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on August 12, 1937 to replace Joseph West Molyneaux. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 17th, and received commission on August 20th. He served until his death on April 14, 1944. Sullivan was succeeded in this position by Dennis Donovan.
Early life and education
- University of Minnesota Law School, LL.B., 1908
Professional career
- Private practice, Jordan, Minnesota, 1908-1933
- County attorney, Scott County, Minnesota, 1913-1923
- U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota, 1933-1937
Judicial nominations and appointments
District of Minnesota
Sullivan was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on August 12, 1937 to replace Joseph West Molyneaux.[1] He was confirmed by the Senate on August 17th, and received commission on August 20th. He served until his death on April 14, 1944. Sullivan was succeeded in this position by Dennis Donovan.
External links
- Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
- ↑ Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Joseph West Molyneaux |
District of Minnesota 1937–1944 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: Dennis Donovan
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| 1941 |
Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski | ||
| 1942 |
Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney | ||
| 1943 |
Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert • Waller | ||
| 1944 |
Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw | ||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Patrick Schiltz • Nancy E. Brasel • Jeffrey M. Bryan • Katherine Menendez • Eric Tostrud • Jerry Blackwell • Laura Provinzino | ||
| Senior judges |
John Tunheim • Ann Montgomery • Donovan Frank • Joan Ericksen • David Doty • Donald Alsop • Paul Magnuson • Wilhelmina Wright • Susan Richard Nelson • Michael James Davis (Minnesota) • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Tony N. Leung • Leo Brisbois • Hildy Bowbeer • Becky R. Thorson • Jon Huseby • David Schultz • Elizabeth Cowan Wright • John Docherty • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
James Rosenbaum • Richard Kyle • Diana Murphy • Rensselaer Russell Nelson • William Lochren • Page Morris • Milton Dwight Purdy • Charles Andrew Willard • Wilbur Franklin Booth • William Alexander Cant • John Franklin McGee • Joseph West Molyneaux • John Benjamin Sanborn • Gunnar Hans Nordbye • Matthew Joyce • Robert Cook Bell • George Sullivan (Minnesota) • Edward Devitt • Dennis Donovan • Earl Larson • Miles Lord • Harry MacLaughlin • Philip Neville • Robert Renner • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
James Rosenbaum • John Tunheim • Donald Alsop • Paul Magnuson • Diana Murphy • Gunnar Hans Nordbye • Edward Devitt • Miles Lord • Harry MacLaughlin • | ||
