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Mac Swinford
Mac Swinford (1899-1975) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
He was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on August 19, 1937 to a new seat created by 49 Stat. 1806. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 20th, and received commission on August 21st. From 1963 to 1969, he was the chief judge of the Eastern District. He served on these courts until his death on February 3, 1975.[1]
Early life and education
- University of Virginia
- Read law, 1922
- University of Virginia School of Law, 1925[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Cynthiana, Kentucky, 1922-1933
- Member, Kentucky House of Representatives, 1926-1929
- U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1933-1937[1]
Judicial career
Western & Eastern Districts of Kentucky
Swinford was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on August 19, 1937 to a new seat created by 49 Stat. 1806. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 20th, and received commission on August 21st. From 1963 to 1969, he was the chief judge of the Eastern District. He served on these courts until his death on February 3, 1975.[1] Swinford was succeeded in this position by Eugene Siler.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mac Swinford's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Western District of Kentucky 1937–1975 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Eugene Siler |
| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Eastern District of Kentucky 1937–1975 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Eugene Siler
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| 1941 |
Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski | ||
| 1942 |
Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney | ||
| 1943 |
Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert • Waller | ||
| 1944 |
Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw | ||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: David J. HaleChief Judge: Greg N. Stivers • Claria Horn Boom • Rebecca Grady Jennings • Benjamin Beaton | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | H. Brent Brennenstuhl • Lanny King • Colin Lindsay • Regina Edwards • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
John Heyburn • Edward Johnstone • Walter Evans • Charles Dawson • Charles Harwood Moorman • Elwood Hamilton • Mac Swinford • Shackelford Miller • Eugene Siler • Charles Allen (Kentucky) • Thomas Ballantine • Clifton Bratcher • Henry Brooks • James Gordon (Kentucky) • Ronald Meredith • Roy Shelbourne • Justin Walker (U.S. Court of Appeals) • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
John Heyburn • Charles Simpson • Thomas Russell • Edward Johnstone • Charles Allen (Kentucky) • Thomas Ballantine • Clifton Bratcher • Henry Brooks • James Gordon (Kentucky) • Ronald Meredith • Roy Shelbourne • | ||
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| Active judges |
• Karen Caldwell • David Bunning • Gregory F. Van Tatenhove • Robert Wier • Claria Horn Boom • Chad Meredith | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Edward Atkins • Candace Smith • Hanly Ingram • Matthew Stinnett • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Jennifer Coffman • Green Wix Unthank • Henry Wilhoit • Karl Forester • Amul Thapar • Andrew McConnell January Cochran • Hiram Church Ford • Mac Swinford • Eugene Siler • David Hermansdorfer • Bernard Moynahan • Scott Reed (Kentucky) • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Jennifer Coffman • William Bertelsman • Henry Wilhoit • Karl Forester • Joseph Hood • Hiram Church Ford • Mac Swinford • Eugene Siler • Bernard Moynahan • | ||
