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Harry Wellford
Harry Walker Wellford was a federal judge with the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. Wellford joined the court after a nomination from President Ronald Reagan (R). He assumed senior status on January 15, 1991. Wellford's service terminated on April 17, 2021, due to death.[1]
Prior to joining the Sixth Circuit, Wellford was a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Wellford earned his bachelor's degree from Washington and Lee University in 1947 and his LL.B. from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1950.[1]
Military service
Wellford was an ensign in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946.[1]
Professional career
- 1991-2021: Senior judge
- 1982-1991: Judge
- 1970-1982: Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
- 1950-1970: Private practice, Memphis, Tenn.[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Harry W. Wellford |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 24 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: July 27, 1982
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: August 4, 1982
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| Reported: August 19, 1982
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| Confirmed: August 20, 1982
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| Vote: Unanimous consent
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Wellford was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit by President Ronald Reagan on July 27, 1982, to a seat vacated by Judge Bailey Brown. Hearings on Wellford's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on August 4, 1982, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) on August 19, 1982. Wellford's nomination was confirmed on the unanimous consent of the U.S. Senate on August 20, 1982, and he received his commission the same day. Wellford assumed senior status on January 15, 1991. He officially ended his service on April 17, 2021, when he died.[1][2] Wellford was succeeded in this position by Judge Eugene Siler.
Western District of Tennessee
Wellford was nominated to the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee by President Richard Nixon (R) on November 24, 1970, to a new seat created by 84 Stat. 294. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 11, 1970, and he received his commission the next day. He resigned from the district court on September 10, 1982, upon his elevation to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.[1] Wellford was succeeded in this position by Judge Julia Gibbons.
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
- United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
External links
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - New Seat 84 Stat. 294 |
Western District of Tennessee 1970–1982 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: Julia Gibbons |
| Preceded by: Bailey Brown |
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 1982–1991 |
Succeeded by: Eugene Siler
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Sheryl H. Lipman • Stanley Anderson • Mark Norris • Thomas Parker (Tennessee) | ||
| Senior judges |
Jon McCalla • James Dale Todd • Samuel Mays • J. Daniel Breen • John T. Fowlkes • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Tu Pham • Edward Bryant • Charmiane Claxton • John York (Federal magistrate judge) • Annie Christoff • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Bernice Donald • John McNairy • Morgan Welles Brown • Julia Gibbons • Harry Wellford • West Hughes Humphreys • Connally Findlay Trigg • Eli Shelby Hammond • John Ethridge McCall • John William Ross • Harry Bennett Anderson • John Donelson Martin (Federal appeals court judge) • Marion Boyd • Bailey Brown • Odell Horton • Robert McRae • Jerome Turner (Tennessee) • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Jon McCalla • James Dale Todd • J. Daniel Breen • Stanley Anderson • Julia Gibbons • Marion Boyd • Bailey Brown • Odell Horton • Robert McRae • | ||
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
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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 | ||
