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Harvey Johnsen
Harvey M. Johnsen (1895-1975) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.
He was nominated by President Franklin Roosevelt on October 1, 1940 to a seat created by 54 Stat. 219. He was confirmed by the Senate on October 7th, and received commission on October 14th. From 1959 to 1965, he was the Chief Judge. On August 1, 1965, he assumed senior status. He served in this capacity until his death on September 15, 1975.[1]
Education
- University of Nebraska College of Law, LL.B., 1919
- University of Nebraska, A.B., 1921[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Omaha, Nebraska, 1920-1931
- Faculty member, Creighton Law School, Omaha, Nebraska, 1922-1926
- General counsel, Farm Credit Administration, Omaha, Nebraska, 1931-1933
- Private practice, Omaha, Nebraska, 1934-1938
- Associate justice, Supreme Court of Nebraska, 1939-1940[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harvey Johnsen's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals 1940–1975 |
Succeeded by: Donald Lay
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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 | |||
