John Peck II
John Weld Peck II (1913-1993) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, and a justice on the Ohio Supreme Court.
Early life and education
Professional career
- Private practice, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1938-1942
- U.S. Army, JAG Corps, 1942-1946
- Private practice, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1946-1949
- Executive secretary, Governor of Ohio, 1949
- Judge, Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio, 1949-1950
- Ohio state tax commissioner, 1951-1953
- Judge, Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio, 1953-1954
- Private practice, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1954-1959
- Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio, 1959-1960
- Private practice, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1960-1961[1]
Judicial career
Sixth Circuit
Peck was nominated to the Sixth Circuit by President Lyndon Johnson on June 13, 1966, to a new seat created by 80 Stat. 75; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 22, 1966, and received commission that same day. He assumed senior status on July 1, 1978, and served the Sixth Circuit in that capacity until his death on September 7, 1993.[1]
Southern District of Ohio
Peck received a recess appointment to the Southern District of Ohio from President John F. Kennedy on October 5, 1961, to a new seat created by 75 Stat. 80; he was nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the Senate on April 11, 1962, and received commission the next day. He served the Southern District of Ohio until advancing to the Sixth Circuit on August 4, 1966.[1] Peck was succeeded in this position by Timothy Hogan.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 John Peck II's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Southern District of Ohio 1962–1966 Seat #4T |
Succeeded by: Timothy Hogan |
| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 1966–1993 |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Algenon MarbleyChief Judge: Sarah Daggett Morrison • Edmund Sargus • Matthew McFarland • Jeffery P. Hopkins • Michael Newman (Ohio) • Douglas Cole | ||
| Senior judges |
Sandra Beckwith • Herman Weber • James Graham (Ohio federal judge) • Walter Rice • Susan Dlott • Thomas Rose • Michael Watson (Ohio) • Michael Barrett (Ohio) • Timothy S. Black • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Karen L. Litkovitz • Caroline Helen Gentry • Elizabeth Preston Deavers • Stephanie Bowman (Ohio) • Kimberly Jolson • Chelsey Vascura • Peter Silvain • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
S. Arthur Spiegel • John Holschuh • George Smith • Humphrey Howe Leavitt • Philip Bergen Swing • George Read Sage • Albert Clifton Thompson • John Elbert Sater • Howard Clark Hollister • John Weld Peck • Smith Hickenlooper • Benson Hough • Robert Reasoner Nevin • Mell Underwood • John Druffel • Lester Cecil • Robert Duncan (Ohio) • Timothy Hogan (United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio) • Joseph Kinneary • John Peck II • David S. Porter • Carl Rubin • Carl Weinman • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Sandra Beckwith • John Holschuh • James Graham (Ohio federal judge) • Walter Rice • Robert Reasoner Nevin • Mell Underwood • Timothy Hogan (United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio) • Joseph Kinneary • David S. Porter • Carl Rubin • Carl Weinman • | ||
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| 1964 |
Anderson • Bratton • Christie • Collins • Cowen • Davis • Ely • Freedman • Gordon • Higginbotham • McNichols • Muecke • Nichols • Port • Rabinovitz • Robinson • Simons • Suttle • Weber • Whelan • Zampano | ||
| 1965 |
Bryant • Celebrezze • Coffin • Coleman • Collinson • Corcoran • Doyle • Eubanks • Fortas • Frankel • Gasch • Gibson • Gordon • Harris • Hemphill • Hill • Hunter • Landis • Langley • Leventhal • Maxwell • McEntee • Mehrtens • Nichol • Reynolds • Russell • Smith • Tamm • Thornberry • Young | ||
| 1966 |
Ainsworth • Atkins • Boyle • Cabot • Cassibry • Copple • Craven • Cummings • Dyer • Fairchild • Feinberg • Ferguson • Fullam • Garrity • Godbold • Goldberg • Goodwin • Gray • Guinn • Harvey • Hauk • Heaney • Heebe • Hickey • Hogan • Kaufman • Kinneary • Krentzman • Lay • Leddy • Lord • Lynch • MacKenzie • Mansfield • McCree • McRae • Mitchell • Motley • Napoli • Nichols • Noland • Peck II • Peckham • Pettine • Pittman • Porter • Real • Roberts • Robinson • Robinson • Rubin • Russell • Scott • Seals • Seitz • Simpson • Singleton • Skelton • Smith • Smith • Taylor • Thomas • von der Heydt • Watson • Winter • Wise | ||
| 1967 |
Arnow • Beckworth • Belloni • Butzner • Cancio • Carter • Clayton • Combs • Comiskey • Curtin • Eaton • Edenfield • Fernandez-Badillo • Gesell • Gordon • Jones • Keith • Kellam • Lambros • Maletz • Marshall • Masterson • Merhige • Morgan • Murray • Neville • Pollack • Pregerson • Theis • Troutman • Van Dusen • Waddy • Weiner • Weinstein • Whipple • Williams | ||
| 1968 |
Aldisert • Baldwin • Bownes • Bright • Green • Gubow • Henderson • Holloway • Hufstedler • Judd • Justice • Keady • Kerner, Jr. • Lasker • Latchum • Lawrence • McMillan • Morgan • Newman • Nixon • Pratt • Re • Rosenstein • Schwartz • Smith • Stahl • Travia • Woodward | ||
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| 1961 |
Ainsworth • Augelli • Austin • Battisti • Becker • Beeks • Bell • Blumenfeld • Bohanon • Brown • Browning • Bryan Sr. • Clarie • Cox • Craven • Croake • Davis • Dillin • Dooling • Doyle • Dumbauld • Duniway • Dyer • Freedman • Ganey • Garza • Gibson • Gray • Hill • Kaufman • Kiley • Larkins • Larson • Lord • Luongo • MacBride • Machrowicz • Martin • McCree • McRae • Michie • Morgan • Northrop • Parsons • Peck II • Pence • Plummer • Putnam • Ridge • Sheridan • Smith • Stephens, Jr. • Swygert • West • Will • Wilson • Young • Zirpoli | ||
| 1962 |
Allgood • Barrow • Beamer • Bell • Body • Bonsal • Brewster • Brown • Butzner • Carr • Cohen • Coolahan • Cooper • Crary • Curtis • Daugherty • Oscar Davis • Elliott • Ellis • Eschbach • Feinberg • Foley • Fox • Gewin • Goldberg • Gray • Green • Hanson • Hays • Hughes • Jones • McLean • McManus • Meredith • Neese • Noel • Oliver • Preyer • Regan • Rosenberg • Rosling • Roth • Seth • Shaw • Smith • Spears • Templar • Tyler • Weigel • White • Winter • Wright • Wyatt | ||
| 1963 |
Almond • Cannella • Craig • Decker • Edwards • Fulton • Marovitz • McGowan • Mehaffy • Moynahan • Nealon • Payne • Phillips • Tenney • Thompson • Thornberry | ||
