Lawrence Whipple
Lawrence Aloysius Whipple (1910-1983) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and a New Jersey Superior Court judge.
Whipple was nominated to the District of New Jersey by President Lyndon Johnson on August 25, 1967, to a seat vacated by Thomas Meaney; he was confirmed by the Senate on October 12, 1967, and received commission that same day.[1] He served as chief judge from 1974-1978. He assumed senior status on September 1, 1978, and served in that capacity until his death on June 8, 1983.
Early life and education
- Columbia University, B.S., 1933
- John Marshall Law School, New Jersey, LL.B., 1939
Professional career
- Private practice, 1939-1949
- Acting U.S. Magistrate, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1949-1951
- Director, Law Enforcement, OPS, 1950
- Special assistant U.S. attorney, Department of Justice, 1951
- Executive director, Jersey City Housing Authority, New Jersey, 1953
- Director of public safety, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1953-1957
- Director, Department of Revenue and Finance, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1957
- County counsel, Hudson County, New Jersey, 1957-1958
- Deputy attorney general, New Jersey, 1958
- Prosecutor, Hudson County, New Jersey, 1958-1962
- Judge, Superior Court of New Jersey, 1963-1967
Judicial career
District of New Jersey
Whipple was nominated to the District of New Jersey by President Lyndon Johnson on August 25, 1967, to a seat vacated by Thomas Meaney;[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on October 12, 1967, and received commission that same day. He served as chief judge from 1974-1978. He assumed senior status on September 1, 1978, and served in that capacity until his death on June 8, 1983.
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Thomas Meaney |
District of New Jersey 1967–1978 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Lee Sarokin
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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 | ||
