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Robert Van Pelt
Robert Van Pelt (1897-1988) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
Van Pelt was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on May 22, 1957, to a seat vacated by John Delehant; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 11, 1957, and received his commission on June 13th. He assumed senior status on May 5, 1970, and served in that capacity until her death on April 27, 1988. Van Pelt was succeeded in this position by Warren Urbom.
Early life and education
- Doane College, Crete, Nebraska, A.B., 1920
- University of Nebraska College of Law, LL.B., 1922
Professional career
- Private practice, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1921-1957
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Nebraska, 1930-1934
- Instructor, Nebraska College of Law, 1946-1957
Judicial career
District of Nebraska
Van Pelt was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on May 22, 1957, to a seat vacated by John Delehant;[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on June 11, 1957, and received his commission on June 13th. He assumed senior status on May 5, 1970, and served in that capacity until her death on April 27, 1988. Van Pelt was succeeded in this position by Warren Urbom.
External links
- Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
- ↑ Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: John Delehant |
District of Nebraska 1957–1970 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Warren Urbom
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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 | ||
