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Noble Jacob Johnson

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Noble Jacob Johnson

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Prior offices
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Personal
Birthplace
Terre Haute, Ind.

Noble Jacob Johnson (1887-1968) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

Federal judicial service

Johnson was nominated to the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals by President Harry Truman. He was commissioned on June 10, 1948. He served as chief judge from 1956 until he assumed senior status on August 7, 1958. He then served as a senior judge until his death on March 17, 1968.[1]

Education

  • Read law, 1911

Professional career

  • Private practice, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1911
  • Deputy prosecuting attorney, Forty-third Judicial Circuit, Indiana, 1917-1918, 1921-1924
  • U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1925-1931
  • Candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1930, 1936
  • U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1939-1948

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