Robert Watkins
Robert Dorsey Watkins (1900-1986) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.[1]
Watkins received a recess appointment from President Dwight Eisenhower on August 12, 1955, to a seat vacated by William Caldwell Coleman; he was nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the Senate on March 1, 1956, and received his commission on March 2nd. He served as chief judge for a brief stint during 1970. He assumed senior status on August 11, 1971, and served in that capacity until his death on March 19, 1986.[1] Watkins was succeeded in this position by Joseph Young.
Early life and education
- Johns Hopkins University, A.B., 1922
- Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D., 1925
- University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1925[1]
Professional career
- Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University, 1923-1965
- Lecturer, University of Maryland School of Law, 1925-1968
- Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland, 1925-1955[1]
Judicial career
District of Maryland
Watkins received a recess appointment from President Dwight Eisenhower on August 12, 1955, to a seat vacated by William Caldwell Coleman; he was nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the Senate on March 1, 1956, and received his commission on March 2nd. He served as chief judge for a brief stint during 1970. He assumed senior status on August 11, 1971, and served in that capacity until his death on March 19, 1986.[1] Watkins was succeeded in this position by Joseph Young.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Judge Watkins's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: William Caldwell Coleman |
District of Maryland 1956–1971 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Joseph Young
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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 | ||
