Luther Swygert
Luther Merritt Swygert (1905-1988) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.[1]
Early life and education
- Notre Dame Law School, LL.B., 1927[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Indiana, 1928-1931
- Deputy prosecuting attorney, Lake County, Indiana, 1931-1933
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Indiana, 1934-1943[1]
Judicial career
Northern District of Indiana
Swygert was nominated to the Northern District of Indiana by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on September 29, 1943, to a seat vacated by Thomas W. Slick; he was confirmed by the Senate on October 14, 1943, and received commission on October 16, 1943. From 1954-1961, he served as the chief judge. He served the Northern District of Indiana until he was elevated to the Seventh Circuit on October 10, 1961.[1] Swygert was succeeded in this position by Jesse Eschbach.
Seventh Circuit
Swygert was nominated to the Seventh Circuit by President John F. Kennedy on September 18, 1961, to a new seat created by 75 Stat. 80; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 23, 1961, and received commission on September 29, 1961. From 1970-1975, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on July 1, 1981. He served the Seventh Circuit until his death on March 16, 1988.[1]
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Judge Swygert's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Thomas Whitten Slick |
Northern District of Indiana 1943–1961 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Jesse Eschbach |
| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1961–1988 |
Succeeded by: Jesse Eschbach
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Holly Brady • Philip Simon • Gretchen Hess Lund • Damon Leichty • Cristal Brisco | ||
| Senior judges |
Robert Miller (Indiana) • James T. Moody (Indiana) • Theresa Springmann • Joseph Van Bokkelen • Jon E. DeGuilio • | ||
| Magistrate judges | John E. Martin (Indiana) • Susan Collins (Federal judge, Indiana) • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Allen Sharp • William Lee (Indiana) • Michael Kanne • Jesse Eschbach • Rudy Lozano (Indiana) • Thomas Whitten Slick • George Beamer • Robert Grant (Indiana) • Phil McNagny • William Parkinson (Indiana) • Luther Swygert • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Robert Miller (Indiana) • Allen Sharp • William Lee (Indiana) • Theresa Springmann • Jesse Eschbach • George Beamer • Robert Grant (Indiana) • Philip Simon • Luther Swygert • | ||
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| 1961 |
Ainsworth • Augelli • Austin • Battisti • Becker • Beeks • Bell • Blumenfeld • Bohanon • Brown • Browning • Bryan Sr. • Clarie • Cox • Craven • Croake • Davis • Dillin • Dooling • Doyle • Dumbauld • Duniway • Dyer • Freedman • Ganey • Garza • Gibson • Gray • Hill • Kaufman • Kiley • Larkins • Larson • Lord • Luongo • MacBride • Machrowicz • Martin • McCree • McRae • Michie • Morgan • Northrop • Parsons • Peck II • Pence • Plummer • Putnam • Ridge • Sheridan • Smith • Stephens, Jr. • Swygert • West • Will • Wilson • Young • Zirpoli | ||
| 1962 |
Allgood • Barrow • Beamer • Bell • Body • Bonsal • Brewster • Brown • Butzner • Carr • Cohen • Coolahan • Cooper • Crary • Curtis • Daugherty • Oscar Davis • Elliott • Ellis • Eschbach • Feinberg • Foley • Fox • Gewin • Goldberg • Gray • Green • Hanson • Hays • Hughes • Jones • McLean • McManus • Meredith • Neese • Noel • Oliver • Preyer • Regan • Rosenberg • Rosling • Roth • Seth • Shaw • Smith • Spears • Templar • Tyler • Weigel • White • Winter • Wright • Wyatt | ||
| 1963 |
Almond • Cannella • Craig • Decker • Edwards • Fulton • Marovitz • McGowan • Mehaffy • Moynahan • Nealon • Payne • Phillips • Tenney • Thompson • Thornberry | ||
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| 1933 |
Bell • Bratton • Donohoe • FitzHenry • Garrecht • Keefe • Ragon • Stone • Woodrough | ||
| 1934 |
Allen • Bowen • Holly • Hulbert • Long • Major • Myers • Rippey • Sullivan | ||
| 1935 |
Baldwin • Denman • Faris • Ford • Hamilton • Haney • Holmes • Mahoney • Martin • Mathews • McDuffie • Moore • Roche • A. L. Stephens • H. M. Stephens • Sweeney • Yankwich | ||
| 1936 |
Abruzzo • Clancy • Davidson • Davis • Holland • Lederle • Leibell • Ling • Mandelbaum • Maris • Pollard • Thomas • Underwood | ||
| 1937 |
Adair • Biggs • Black • Burke • Collet • Druffel • Edgerton • Groner • Healy • Jackson • Jenney • Kloeb • Major • McColloch • Miller • Mize • Murrah • Rice • Stephens • Sullivan • Swinford • Treanor • Trimble • Vinson • Watkins • Williams • Wyche | ||
| 1938 |
Clark • Conger • Ford • Hamilton • Laws • Maris • McCord • Murphree • Reed | ||
| 1939 |
Allred • Arant • Beaumont • Biddle • Black • Clark • Darr • Davies • Dobie • Douglas • Duffy • Frankfurter • Goldsborough • Huxman • Igoe • Jones • Kalodner • Kerner, Sr. • Lemley • Lumpkin • Magruder • Miller • Morris • Picard • Porterie • Roberts • Rutledge • Walker • Welsh • Whaley • Whitaker • Wilkin | ||
| 1940 |
Bard • Barker • Barksdale • Boyd • Broaddus • Caillouet • Campbell • Dobie • Ganey • Goodrich • Harrison • Hartigan • Johnsen • Jones • Leamy • Mahoney • Martin • Murphy • Murrah • O'Connor • Oliver • Pine • Russell • Savage • Schwellenbach • Walker • Waller | ||
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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 | |||
