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James McPherson Proctor (Federal judge)
James McPherson Proctor (1882-1953) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
District of Columbia Circuit
Proctor was nominated by President Harry Truman on February 2, 1948 to replace Harold Montelle Stephens. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 2nd of that year, and received commission on March 5th. He served on this court until his death on September 17, 1953.[1]
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Proctor was nominated by President Herbert Hoover on February 6, 1931 to replace William Hitz. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 25th of that year, and received commission on March 2nd. He served on this court until March 5, 1948, when he was appointed to the District of Columbia Circuit.[1]
Education
- George Washington University Law School, LL.B., 1904[1]
Professional career
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1905-1909
- Chief assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1909-1913
- Private practice, Washington, DC, 1913-1931
- Special assistant U.S. attorney general, Washington, DC, 1929-1931[1]
Footnotes
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Srikanth Srinivasan • Karen Henderson • J. Michelle Childs • Florence Pan • Robert Leon Wilkins • Patricia Ann Millett • Cornelia T. L. Pillard • Greg Katsas • Neomi Rao • Justin Walker (U.S. Court of Appeals) • Bradley Garcia | ||
| Senior judges |
David Sentelle • Douglas Ginsburg • David Tatel • Harry Edwards • Arthur Randolph • | ||
| Former judges | William Cranch • James Markham Marshall • Allen Bowie Duckett • Nicholas Battalle Fitzhugh • William Kilty • James Sewall Morsell • Buckner Thruston • James Dunlop • William Matthew Merrick • Richard Henry Alvey • Martin Ferdinand Morris • Seth Shepard • Louis Emory McComas • Charles Holland Duell • Charles Henry Robb • Josiah Alexander Van Orsdel • William Hitz • Constantine Joseph Smyth • Duncan Groner • George Ewing Martin • James McPherson Proctor (Federal judge) • Harold Montelle Stephens • Henry Edgerton • Justin Miller (D.C. Circuit) • Stephen F. Williams • Janice Rogers Brown • Merrick Garland • Thomas Griffith • Brett Kavanaugh • Laurence Silberman • Walter Bastian • Edward Tamm • Spottswood Robinson • Thurman Arnold • Bennett Clark • Wilbur Miller • David Bazelon • Robert Bork • John Danaher • Charles Fahy • George MacKinnon • Carl McGowan • Abner Mikva • Elijah Prettyman • Roger Robb • Kenneth Starr • Patricia Wald • George Thomas Washington (Federal judge) • Malcolm Wilkey • George Edward MacKinnon • Ketanji Brown Jackson • James Wright (Louisiana) • Andrew Bahl/SandboxKavanaugh • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
William Cranch • Richard Henry Alvey • Seth Shepard • Constantine Joseph Smyth • Duncan Groner • George Ewing Martin • Harold Montelle Stephens • Henry Edgerton • David Sentelle • Merrick Garland • Douglas Ginsburg • Harry Edwards • Spottswood Robinson • Wilbur Miller • David Bazelon • Carl McGowan • Abner Mikva • Elijah Prettyman • Patricia Wald • James Wright (Louisiana) • | ||
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| 1929 |
Avis • Byers • Caffey • Coxe, Jr. • Galston • Gardner • Glenn • Hopkins • Lenroot • Littleton • McDermott • Phillips • Sparks • Watson • Wheat • Wilbur • Wilson • Williams • Woolsey • Wyman | ||
| 1930 |
Adkins • Bryant • Cosgrave • Cox • Hincks • Hughes • Hutcheson • Luhring • Nields • Patterson • Roberts • Sibley • Thompson • Whaley • Wheat | ||
| 1931 |
Barnes • Chesnut • Evans • Fee • Groner • Hincks • Hitz • Hollzer • Kennamer • Kennerly • Kincheloe • Knight • Letts • McMillan • Morton • Nordbye • O'Brien • O'Donoghue • Paul, Jr. • Proctor • Sames • Sanborn • Sawtelle • Soper • Strum • Underwood • Way | ||
| 1932 |
Briggle • Cardozo • Dallinger • Forman • Johnson • Joyce • McLellan • Simons • Welsh | ||
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| 1945 |
Burton • Clark • Donovan • Gilliam • Gourley • Holtzoff • Koscinski • Madden • Mathes • Mellott • S. Miller • W. Miller • Mollison • O'Connell • Orr • Prettyman • Rice | ||
| 1946 |
Curran • Driver • Follmer • Harris • Kalodner • Kampf • Keech • Levin • Lynne • McGranery • Murphy • Rodney • Scarlett • Shelbourne • Speakman • Starr • Vinson • Weinberger | ||
| 1947 |
Bryan, Sr. • Christenberry • Clifford • Collet • Dooley • Harper • Howell • Johnson • Jones • Lemmon • Medina • Rayfiel • Ryan • Thomason | ||
| 1948 |
Harper • Henderson • Johnson • Kaufman • Proctor • Rao • Stephens • Tamm | ||
| 1949 |
Allred • Andrews • Bazelon • Borah • Burns • Carter • Clark • Clary • Conger • Connally • Duffy • Erskine • Fahy • Finnegan • Foley • Ford • Gibson • Grim • Hastie • Hatch • Hill • Hooper • Kaufman • Kirkland • Lindley • Matthews • McCarthy • McGohey • McLaughlin • Minton • Murray • Noonan • Pickett • Platt • Pope • Ritter • Russell • Solomon • Sugarman • Swaim • Switzer • Taylor • Tehan • Thornton • Warlick • Washington • Westover • Wright | ||
| 1950 |
Bastian • Byrne, Sr. • Carter • Knous • Marsh • Murphy • Simpson • Staley • Steckler • Strum • Wallace • Weinfeld • Whitehurst • Worley | ||
| 1951 |
Dimock • Edelstein • Hartigan • Hartshorne • Leahy • Lindberg • McNamee • Medina • Modarelli • Murphy • Perry • Rives • Sheehy • Sloan • Stewart • Thomas • Tolin • Youngdahl | ||
| 1952 | |||
