John McGohey
John F. X. McGohey (1894-1972) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
McGohey received a recess appointment from President Harry Truman on October 21, 1949, to a new seat created by 63 Stat. 493; he was nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the Senate on March 8, 1950, and received his commission on March 9th. McGohey was succeeded in this position by Charles Brieant. He assumed senior status on March 17, 1970, and served in that capacity until his death on July 7, 1972.[1]
Early life and education
- Fordham University, B.A., 1917
- New York University School of Law, LL.B., 1923[1]
Professional career
- U.S. Army, 1918-1919
- Assistant counsel, Hearst Publishing Company, 1923-1924
- Counsel, New York City Board of Transportation, 1924-1932
- Assistant state attorney general, New York, 1933-1943
- Chief assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1944-1949[1]
Judicial career
Southern district of New York
McGohey received a recess appointment from President Harry Truman on October 21, 1949, to a new seat created by 63 Stat. 493; he was nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the Senate on March 8, 1950, and received his commission on March 9th. McGohey was succeeded in this position by Charles Brieant. He assumed senior status on March 17, 1970, and served in that capacity until his death on July 7, 1972.[1]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 John McGohey's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA |
Southern District of New York 1950–1970 |
Succeeded by: Charles Brieant
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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 | |||
