Lester Cecil
Lester LeFevre Cecil (1893-1982) 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.
Early life and education
Professional career
- Private practice, Dayton, Ohio, 1917-1918
- U.S. Army Sergeant, 1918
- Private practice, Dayton, Ohio, 1918-1922
- City prosecuting attorney, City of Dayton, Ohio, 1922-1925
- Judge, Dayton Municipal Court, Ohio, 1926-1929
- Judge, Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio, 1929-1953[1]
Judicial career
Sixth Circuit
Cecil was nominated to the Sixth Circuit by President Dwight Eisenhower on February 17, 1959, to a seat vacated by Potter Stewart; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 15, 1959, and received his commission on July 18th. He served as chief judge from 1962-1963. He assumed senior status on August 1, 1965, and served in that capacity until his death on November 26, 1982.[1]
Southern District of Ohio
Cecil was nominated to the Southern District of Ohio by President Dwight Eisenhower on April 1, 1953, to a seat vacated by Robert Reasoner Nevin; he was confirmed by the Senate on April 23, 1953, and received his commission that same day. He served the Southern District of Ohio until his advancement to the Sixth Circuit on July 28, 1959.[1] Cecil was succeeded in this position by Carl Weinman.
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lester Cecil's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Robert Reasoner Nevin |
Southern District of Ohio 1953–1959 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Carl Weinman |
| Preceded by: Potter Stewart |
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 1959–1982 |
Succeeded by: Anthony Celebrezze
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Algenon Marbley • Edmund Sargus • Michael Watson (Ohio) • Matthew McFarland • Jeffery P. Hopkins • Michael Newman (Ohio) • Sarah Daggett Morrison • Douglas Cole | ||
| Senior judges |
Sandra Beckwith • Herman Weber • James Graham (Ohio federal judge) • Walter Rice • Susan Dlott • Thomas Rose • 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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| 1953 |
Boldt • Bruchhausen • Cecil • Dawkins, Jr. • Grooms • Hamlin • Hoffman • Knoch • Schnackenberg • Warren • Willson | ||
| 1954 |
Aldrich • Anderson • Bastian • Bicks • Bootle • Boreman • Breitenstein • Brooks • Cecil • Chambers • Choate • Christensen • Connell • Danaher • Dawson • Day • Fee • Freeman • Halbert • Harlan • Hincks • Hoffman • Holder • Hunter • Ingraham • Laramore • Kent • Lemmon • Lord • McGarraghy • Mickelson • Miller • Palmieri • Parkinson • Rogers • Ross • Stewart • Taylor • Thomsen • Tuttle • Van Oosterhout • Vogel • Walsh • Whittaker • Wilson | ||
| 1955 |
Alger • Brown • Cameron • Clarke • Davies • Devitt • East • Estes • Grubb • Harlan • Jertberg • Jones • Lumbard • McIlvaine • Miller • Register • Sorg • Van Dusen • Waterman • Watkins • Wortendyke • Wright | ||
| 1956 |
Barnes • Bryan • Burger • Cashin • Hamley • Herlands • Johnson • Juergens • Kerr • Kraft • Levet • Lewis • Lieb • Mercer • Morgan • Rich • Rizley • Robinson • Smith • Sobeloff • Weick • Whittaker | ||
| 1957 |
Arraj • Breitenstein • Brennan • Egan • Gignoux • Grant • Hastings • Haynsworth • Hicklin • Jameson • Layton • Moore • O'Sullivan • Parkinson • Richardson • Sirica • Stanley • Thompson • Van Pelt • Weber • Whittaker • Wisdom • Zavatt | ||
| 1958 |
Beck • Burke • Carswell • Clayton • Hamlin • Henley • Jertberg • Knoch • Martin • Matthes • Miner • Morrill • Poos • Robson • Stanley • Steel • Stewart • Wollenberg | ||
| 1959 |
Aldrich • Bartels • Blackmun • Boreman • Butler • Castle • Cecil • Crocker • Dalton • Field • Fisher • Forman • Friendly • Hart • Henderson • Henley • Julian • Kalbfleisch • Kilkenny • Koelsch • Kunzel • MacMahon • Merrill • Metzner • Powell • Smith • Sweigert • Walsh • Weick • Weinman • Wood • Worley • Young | ||
| 1960 |
Caffrey • Chilson • Durfee • Hodge • Kaess • Lane • Lewis • Mishler • O'Sullivan • Paul • Smith • Stephenson • Tavares • Timbers | ||
