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Thomas Fairchild
Thomas Edward Fairchild (1912-2007) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit from 1966 to 2007.[1]
Education
- Cornell University, A.B., 1934
- University of Wisconsin Law School, LL.B., 1938[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Portage, Wisconsin, 1938-1941
- Hearing commissioner, U.S. Office of Price Administration, Chicago and Milwaukee, 1941-1945
- Private practice, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1945-1948
- State attorney general, Wisconsin, 1948-1961
- Consultant, Office of Price Stabilization, 1951
- U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, 1951-1952
- Private practice, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1953-1957[1]
- Justice, Supreme Court of Wisconsin, 1957-1966[2]
Federal judicial career
Fairchild was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit by Lyndon B. Johnson on July 11, 1966, to a seat vacated by Francis Duffy. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 10, 1966 and received his commission on August 11, 1966. Fairchild served as chief judge of the court from 1975-1981. He assumed senior status on August 31, 1981 and continued serving in that capacity until his death on February 12, 2007.[1]
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Francis Duffy |
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1966–2007 |
Succeeded by: John Coffey
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Michael B. Brennan (Wisconsin) • Amy St. Eve • Frank Easterbrook • John Z. Lee (United States Court of Appeals judge) • Michael Scudder • Joshua Kolar • Doris Pryor • Thomas Kirsch • Candace Jackson-Akiwumi • Nancy Maldonado • Rebecca Taibleson | ||
| Senior judges |
Diane Sykes • Diane Wood • Daniel Manion • Ilana Rovner • David Hamilton (Seventh Circuit) • Kenneth Ripple • | ||
| Former judges | John Paul Stevens • Ann Williams (Federal judge) • Julian William Mack • Terence Evans • Joel Flaum • Michael Kanne • Richard Posner • John Coffey (Seventh Circuit) • Jesse Eschbach • Walter Quintin Gresham • William Bauer • Richard Cudahy • Thomas Fairchild • Philip Tone • William Allen Woods • James Graham Jenkins (Wisconsin) • William Henry Seaman • John William Showalter • Peter Stenger Grosscup • Christian Cecil Kohlsaat • Albert Barnes Anderson (federal judge) • Francis Elisha Baker • Samuel Alschuler • Evan Alfred Evans • Louis FitzHenry • George True Page • Walter Lindley • William Morris Sparks • James Earl Major • Walter Treanor • Francis Duffy • Otto Kerner, Sr. • Otto Kerner, Jr. • Harlington Wood • Winfred Knoch • William Parkinson (Indiana) • Luther Swygert • Sherman Minton • Latham Castle • Walter Cummings • Philip Finnegan • John Hastings • Roger Kiley • Wilbur Pell • Elmer Schnackenberg • Robert Sprecher • Hardress Swaim • Amy Coney Barrett • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Diane Sykes • Diane Wood • Joel Flaum • Richard Posner • William Bauer • Thomas Fairchild • William Morris Sparks • James Earl Major • Francis Duffy • Luther Swygert • Latham Castle • Walter Cummings • John Hastings • | ||
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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 | ||
