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Reynier Wortendyke
Reynier Jacob Wortendyke, Jr. (1895-1975) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Wortendyke was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on April 18, 1955, to a new seat created by 68 Stat. 8; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 7, 1955, and received his commission on June 8th. He assumed senior status on June 1, 1970, and served in that capacity until his death on December 26, 1975.[1] Wortendyke was succeeded in this position by Clarkson Sherman Fisher.
Early life and education
- Princeton University, A.B., 1916
- Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1922
Professional career
- Township attorney, Millburn Township, New Jersey, 1930-1931, 1933-1935
- Private practice, NJ, 1934 - 1952
Judicial career
District of New Jersey
Wortendyke was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on April 18, 1955, to a new seat created by 68 Stat. 8; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 7, 1955,[1] and received his commission on June 8th. He assumed senior status on June 1, 1970, and served in that capacity until his death on December 26, 1975. Wortendyke was succeeded in this position by Clarkson Sherman Fisher.
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA |
District of New Jersey 1955–1970 Seat #7 |
Succeeded by: Clarkson Sherman Fisher
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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 | ||
