Judicial calendar 1937

Calendar
January • February March • April • May June • July • August September • October November • December

January

• January 19:

• George Thomas McDermott died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.

• January 24:

• John Calvin Pollock died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.

• January 30:

• Charles Wyche received his commission to be a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina.

February

• February 3:

• Sidney Mize received his commission to be a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

• February 12:

• George Philip Hahn died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

• February 16:

• John Biggs received his commission to be a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.

• February 28:

• Joseph West Molyneaux assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

March

• March 3:

• Alfred Murrah received his commission to be a judge of the Western, Eastern and Northern Districts of Oklahoma.
• Harry Watkins received his commission to be a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia and the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.

• March 6:

• John Ellis Martineau died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

• March 20:

• John Collet received his commission to be a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

• March 23:

• James Earl Major received his commission to be a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.

April

• April 5:

• James Earl Major ended his service on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.

• April 20:

• Robert Williams received his commission to be a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.

• April 21:

• Robert Williams ended his service on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

• April 27:

• Jackson Adair received his commission to be a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.

June

• June 18:

• Albert Lee Stephens, Sr. received his commission to be a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
• Harold Burke received his commission to be a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.
• Thomas Trimble received his commission to be a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

• June 21:

• Albert Lee Stephens, Sr. ended his service on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
• William Healy received his commission to be a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

July

• July 3:

• Ralph Jenney received his commission to be a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

August

• August 7:

• Josiah Alexander Van Orsdel died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

• August 11:

• Eugene Rice received his commission to be a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

• August 18:

• Hugo Black received his commission to be a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

• August 20:

• Frank Kloeb received his commission to be a judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
• Claude McColloch received his commission to be a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
• George Sullivan received his commission to be a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

• August 21:

• Mac Swinford received his commission to be a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

• August 23:

• Justin Miller received his commission to be a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

September

• September 30:

• George Ewing Martin assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

November

• November 10:

• William Johnson Graham died, ending his service as presiding judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

• November 15:

• Charles Henry Robb assumed senior status of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

December

• December 7:

• Duncan Groner was appointed to be Chief Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

• December 9:

• Joseph Raymond Jackson was confirmed as a judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

• December 14:

• John Druffel received his commission to be a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

• December 15:

• Henry Edgerton received his commission to be a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
• Frederick Vinson received his commission to be a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

• December 26:

• Charles Fremont Amidon died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota.

• December 27:

• Walter Treanor received his commission to be a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.

See also

• Judgepedia:Calendar archive