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Lloyd MacMahon
Lloyd Francis MacMahon (1912-1989) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
MacMahon was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on March 10, 1959, to a seat vacated by Lawrence Walsh; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 9, 1959, and received his commission on September 10th. He served as chief judge from 1980-1982. MacMahon was succeeded in this position by John Keenan. He assumed senior status on May 31, 1982, and served until his death on April 8, 1989.[1]
Early life and education
- Cornell University, A.B., 1936
- Cornell Law School, LL.B., 1938[1]
Professional career
- U.S. Naval Reserve Lieutenant, 1944-1945
- Private practice, New York City, 1942-1953
- Chief assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1953-1955
- U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1955
- Private practice, New York City, 1955-1959[1]
Judicial career
Southern district of New York
MacMahon was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on March 10, 1959, to a seat vacated by Lawrence Walsh; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 9, 1959, and received his commission on September 10th. He served as chief judge from 1980-1982. MacMahon was succeeded in this position by John Keenan. He assumed senior status on May 31, 1982, and served until his death on April 8, 1989.[1]
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lloyd MacMahon's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Lawrence Walsh |
Southern District of New York 1959–1982 |
Succeeded by: John Keenan
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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 | ||
