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Henry Graven
Henry Norman Graven (1883-1970) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.
Graven was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on March 3, 1944, to a seat vacated by George C. Scott; he was confirmed by the Senate on March 21, 1944, and received commission March 24, 1944. He served as chief judge for a brief stint in 1961 before assuming senior status on August 31, 1961. He served until his death on February 1, 1970.
Early life and education
- University of Minnesota, A.B., 1921
- University of Minnesota Law School, LL.B., 1921
Professional career
- U.S. Army Combat Engineer, World War I
- Private practice, Greene, Iowa, 1921-1937
- Special assistant state attorney general, Iowa, 1936-1937
- Counsel, Iowa State Highway Commission, 1936-1937
- Judge, 12th Judicial District of Iowa, 1937-1944
Judicial nominations and appointments
Northern District of Iowa
Graven was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on March 3, 1944, to a seat vacated by George C. Scott;[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on March 21, 1944, and received commission March 24, 1944. He served as chief judge for a brief stint in 1961 before assuming senior status on August 31, 1961. He served until his death on February 1, 1970.
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
- ↑ Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: George Cromwell Scott |
Northern District of Iowa 1944–1961 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Edward McManus
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| 1933 |
Bell • Bratton • Donohoe • FitzHenry • Garrecht • Keefe • Ragon • Stone • Woodrough | ||
| 1934 |
Allen • Bowen • Holly • Hulbert • Long • Major • Myers • Rippey • Sullivan | ||
| 1935 |
Baldwin • Denman • Faris • Ford • Hamilton • Haney • Holmes • Mahoney • Martin • Mathews • McDuffie • Moore • Roche • A. L. Stephens • H. M. Stephens • Sweeney • Yankwich | ||
| 1936 |
Abruzzo • Clancy • Davidson • Davis • Holland • Lederle • Leibell • Ling • Mandelbaum • Maris • Pollard • Thomas • Underwood | ||
| 1937 |
Adair • Biggs • Black • Burke • Collet • Druffel • Edgerton • Groner • Healy • Jackson • Jenney • Kloeb • Major • McColloch • Miller • Mize • Murrah • Rice • Stephens • Sullivan • Swinford • Treanor • Trimble • Vinson • Watkins • Williams • Wyche | ||
| 1938 |
Clark • Conger • Ford • Hamilton • Laws • Maris • McCord • Murphree • Reed | ||
| 1939 |
Allred • Arant • Beaumont • Biddle • Black • Clark • Darr • Davies • Dobie • Douglas • Duffy • Frankfurter • Goldsborough • Huxman • Igoe • Jones • Kalodner • Kerner, Sr. • Lemley • Lumpkin • Magruder • Miller • Morris • Picard • Porterie • Roberts • Rutledge • Walker • Welsh • Whaley • Whitaker • Wilkin | ||
| 1940 |
Bard • Barker • Barksdale • Boyd • Broaddus • Caillouet • Campbell • Dobie • Ganey • Goodrich • Harrison • Hartigan • Johnsen • Jones • Leamy • Mahoney • Martin • Murphy • Murrah • O'Connor • Oliver • Pine • Russell • Savage • Schwellenbach • Walker • Waller | ||
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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 | ||
| 1945 | |||
