Marcus Wilson Acheson
Marcus Wilson Acheson (1828-1906) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, the United States Circuit Courts for the Third Circuit, and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Early life and education
- Washington College, B.A., 1845
- Read law, 1852
Professional career
- Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1852-1880
Judicial career
Third Circuit
Acheson was nominated to the United States Circuit Courts for the Third Circuit by President Benjamin Harrison on January 23, 1891. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 3, 1891, and received commission that same day. On June 16, 1891, he was reassigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit. He served until his death on June 21, 1906.[1]
Western District of Pennsylvania
Acheson was nominated to the Western District of Pennsylvania by President Rutherford B. Hayes on January 6, 1880. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 14, 1880, and received commission that same day. He served on this court until February 9, 1891. Acheson was succeeded in this position by James Hay Reed.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Winthrop Welles Ketcham |
Western District of Pennsylvania 1880–1891 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: James Hay Reed |
| Preceded by: William McKennan |
Circuit Courts for the Third Circuit 1891–1891 |
Succeeded by: NA |
| Preceded by: NA - reassigned |
Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1891–1906 |
Succeeded by: Joseph Buffington
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| Hayes |
Acheson • Barr • Baxter • Blatchford • Bunn • Butler • Choate • Cox • Davis • Hagner • Hammond • Harlan • Hays • Hunt • James • Key • Lowell • McCormick • McCrary • Morris • Nelson • Turner • Wheeler • Woods | ||
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| 1889 | |||
| 1890 |
Brown • Bryant • Caldwell • Edgerton • Green • Ham • Hanford • Hawley • Jewell • Knowles • Ricks • Riner • Sharpe • Sharretts • Shurtleff • Somerville • Stackpole • Swayne • Thomas • Tichenor • Wilkinson • Williams | ||
| 1891 |
Acheson • Aldrich • Lunt • Putnam • Reed • Swan | ||
| 1892 |
Baker • Beatty • Buffington • Dallas • Gilbert • Goff • Grosscup • McCormick • McKenna • Morrow • Niles • Peelle • Rector • Sanborn • Shipman • Shiras • Taft • Townsend • Woolson • Woods | ||
| 1893 | |||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Mark Raymond Hornak • Cathy Bissoon • Susan Baxter • Robert J. Colville • Marilyn J. Horan • J. Nicholas Ranjan • Stephanie Haines • William Shaw Stickman • Scott Hardy • Christy Wiegand | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Keith Pesto • Maureen Kelly • Patricia Dodge • Richard Lanzillo • Kezia Taylor • Christopher Brown (Pennsylvania) • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
William Knox • Jonathan Hoge Walker • William Wilkins • Thomas Irwin • Wilson McCandless • Winthrop Welles Ketcham • Marcus Wilson Acheson • Joseph Weis (Third Circuit) • Brooks Smith • Thomas Hardiman • Joseph Buffington • Timothy Lewis (Pennsylvania) • James Hay Reed • Nathaniel Ewing • James Scott Young • Charles Prentiss Orr • W. H. Seward Thomson • Robert Murray Gibson • Alan Bloch • Maurice Cohill • Gustave Diamond • William Standish • Gary Lancaster • Terrence McVerry • Sean McLaughlin • Frederic Palen Schoonmaker • Nelson McVicar • Frederick Follmer • Carol Mansmann • Owen Burns • Robert Cindrich • Edward Dumbauld • Wallace Gourley • Rabe Marsh • Barron McCune • John McIlvaine • Glenn Mencer • John Lester Miller • Louis Rosenberg • Ralph Scalera • Daniel Snyder • Herbert Sorg • William Stewart (Pennsylvania) • Hubert Teitelbaum • Gerald Weber • Joseph Willson • Donald Ziegler • Donald Lee • Paul Simmons • Peter Phipps • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Robert Murray Gibson • Donetta Ambrose • Maurice Cohill • Gustave Diamond • Gary Lancaster • Nelson McVicar • Wallace Gourley • Rabe Marsh • Herbert Sorg • Hubert Teitelbaum • Gerald Weber • Donald Ziegler • | ||
