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Henry Woods
Henry Woods was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.[1]
Jimmy Carter nominated Woods on December 14, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 20, 1980, and received commission on February 20, 1980. Woods assumed senior status on March 1, 1995. His service terminated on March 14, 2002 when he died. Woods was succeeded in this position by James M. Moody Sr..
Early life and education
- University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, B.A., 1938
- University of Arkansas School of Law, J.D., 1940
Professional career
- Special agent, FBI, 1941-1946
- Private practice, Texarkana, Arkansas, 1946-1948
- Referee in Bankruptcy, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, 1946-1947
- Executive secretary, Governor of Arkansas, 1949-1953
- Private practice, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1953-1980
- Special associate justice, Arkansas Supreme Court, 1967-1974
Judicial nominations and appointments
Eastern District of Arkansas
Jimmy Carter nominated Woods on December 14, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 20, 1980, and received commission on February 20, 1980. Woods assumed senior status on March 1, 1995. His service terminated on March 14, 2002 when he died. Woods was succeeded in this position by James M. Moody Sr..
External links
- Woods Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ Woods Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Eastern District of Arkansas 1980-1995 Seat #6 |
Succeeded by: James M. Moody Sr.
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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 | |||
