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Frank Picard
Frank Albert Picard (1889-1963) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
He was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 9, 1939 to a seat created by 52 Stat. 584. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 16th, and received commission on February 23rd. In 1959, he was the chief judge. Then, on March 31, 1959, he assumed senior status, serving in this capacity until his death on February 28, 1963.[1]
Early life and education
Professional career
- Assistant prosecuting attorney, Saginaw County, Michigan, 1913
- Private practice, Saginaw, Michigan, 1913-1917
- U.S. Army Captain, 1917-1919
- Private practice, Saginaw, Michigan, 1919-1939
- City attorney, Saginaw, Michigan, 1924-1928
- Candidate for U.S. Senate from Michigan, 1934[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Eastern District of Michigan
Picard was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 9, 1939 to a seat created by 52 Stat. 584. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 16th, and received commission on February 23rd. In 1959, he was the chief judge. Then, on March 31, 1959, he assumed senior status, serving in this capacity until his death on February 28, 1963.[1]
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Frank Picard's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Eastern District of Michigan 1939–1959 Seat #5 |
Succeeded by: Thaddeus Machrowicz
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| 1941 |
Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski | ||
| 1942 |
Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney | ||
| 1943 |
Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert • Waller | ||
| 1944 |
Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw | ||
| 1945 | |||
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| Active judges |
• Thomas Ludington • Mark Goldsmith • Stephen Murphy (Michigan) • Shalina Kumar • Linda V. Parker • Laurie Michelson • Terrence Berg • Judith Ellen Levy • Matthew Frederick Leitman • Jonathan Grey • Frances Kay Behm • Susan DeClercq • Brandy McMillion • Robert White (Michigan) | ||
| Senior judges |
Bernard Friedman • Paul Borman • Robert Cleland • Nancy Edmunds • Denise Hood • David M. Lawson • John O'Meara (Michigan) • George Steeh • Gershwin Drain • | ||
| Magistrate judges | David Grand • Patricia T. Morris • Anthony Patti • Elizabeth Stafford • Kimberly Altman • Curtis Ivy Jr. • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Damon Keith • Victoria Roberts • Marianne Battani • Anna Taylor • Avern Cohn • Sean Cox (Michigan) • Patrick Duggan • John Feikens • Paul Gadola • Arthur Tarnow • Lawrence Zatkoff • Cornelia Kennedy • Ralph Guy • Richard Suhrheinrich • Horace Gilmore • Stewart Newblatt • Ross Wilkins • Barbara Hackett • Russell Harvey (Michigan) • George La Plata • Henry Billings Brown (U.S. Supreme Court) • John Wesley Longyear • Henry Harrison Swan • Alexis Caswell Angell • Arthur Tuttle • Charles Casper Simons • Edward Julien Moinet • Ernest Aloysius O'Brien • Arthur Lederle • Frank Picard • Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. • James Churchill • Mona Majzoub • Patricia Boyle • Robert DeMascio • Ralph Freeman • Lawrence Gubow • Frederick Kaess • Arthur Koscinski • Theodore Levin (Michigan) • Thaddeus Machrowicz • Clifford O'Sullivan • Philip Pratt (Michigan) • Stephen Roth (Michigan) • Talbot Smith • Thomas Thornton • George Woods (federal judge) • Stephanie Dawkins Davis • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Damon Keith • Bernard Friedman • Anna Taylor • Julian Cook • Sean Cox (Michigan) • John Feikens • Lawrence Zatkoff • Cornelia Kennedy • Arthur Lederle • Frank Picard • James Churchill • Ralph Freeman • Frederick Kaess • Theodore Levin (Michigan) • Philip Pratt (Michigan) • | ||
