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Robert Peckham
Robert Francis Peckham (1920-1993) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Peckham was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson on September 9, 1966, to a new seat created by 80 Stat. 75; he was confirmed by the Senate on October 20, 1966, and received commission on November 3, 1966. From 1976-1988, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on November 11, 1988. He served the Northern District of California until his death on February 16, 1993. Peckham was succeeded in this position by James Ware.
Early life and education
- Yale University
- Stanford University, A.B., 1941
- Stanford Law School, LL.B., 1945
Professional career
- Private practice, Palo Alto and Sunnyvale, California, 1946-1948
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of California, 1948-1953
- Chief assistant, Criminal Division, 1952-1953
- Private practice, Palo Alto and Sunnyvale, California, 1953-1959
- Judge, Superior Court, Santa Clara County, California, 1959-1966
- Presiding judge, 1961-1963, 1965-1966
Judicial career
Northern District of California
Peckham was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson on September 9, 1966, to a new seat created by 80 Stat. 75;[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on October 20, 1966, and received commission on November 3, 1966. From 1976-1988, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on November 11, 1988. He served the Northern District of California until his death on February 16, 1993. Peckham was succeeded in this position by James Ware.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Northern District of California 1966–1988 Seat #8 |
Succeeded by: James Ware
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| 1964 |
Anderson • Bratton • Christie • Collins • Cowen • Davis • Ely • Freedman • Gordon • Higginbotham • McNichols • Muecke • Nichols • Port • Rabinovitz • Robinson • Simons • Suttle • Weber • Whelan • Zampano | ||
| 1965 |
Bryant • Celebrezze • Coffin • Coleman • Collinson • Corcoran • Doyle • Eubanks • Fortas • Frankel • Gasch • Gibson • Gordon • Harris • Hemphill • Hill • Hunter • Landis • Langley • Leventhal • Maxwell • McEntee • Mehrtens • Nichol • Reynolds • Russell • Smith • Tamm • Thornberry • Young | ||
| 1966 |
Ainsworth • Atkins • Boyle • Cabot • Cassibry • Copple • Craven • Cummings • Dyer • Fairchild • Feinberg • Ferguson • Fullam • Garrity • Godbold • Goldberg • Goodwin • Gray • Guinn • Harvey • Hauk • Heaney • Heebe • Hickey • Hogan • Kaufman • Kinneary • Krentzman • Lay • Leddy • Lord • Lynch • MacKenzie • Mansfield • McCree • McRae • Mitchell • Motley • Napoli • Nichols • Noland • Peck II • Peckham • Pettine • Pittman • Porter • Real • Roberts • Robinson • Robinson • Rubin • Russell • Scott • Seals • Seitz • Simpson • Singleton • Skelton • Smith • Smith • Taylor • Thomas • von der Heydt • Watson • Winter • Wise | ||
| 1967 |
Arnow • Beckworth • Belloni • Butzner • Cancio • Carter • Clayton • Combs • Comiskey • Curtin • Eaton • Edenfield • Fernandez-Badillo • Gesell • Gordon • Jones • Keith • Kellam • Lambros • Maletz • Marshall • Masterson • Merhige • Morgan • Murray • Neville • Pollack • Pregerson • Theis • Troutman • Van Dusen • Waddy • Weiner • Weinstein • Whipple • Williams | ||
| 1968 |
Aldisert • Baldwin • Bownes • Bright • Green • Gubow • Henderson • Holloway • Hufstedler • Judd • Justice • Keady • Kerner, Jr. • Lasker • Latchum • Lawrence • McMillan • Morgan • Newman • Nixon • Pratt • Re • Rosenstein • Schwartz • Smith • Stahl • Travia • Woodward | ||
