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Rufus Edward Foster
Rufus Edward Foster (1871-1942) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Early life and education
- Tulane Law School, LL.B., 1895[1]
Professional career
- U.S. Army Lieutenant, 1898-1899
- Assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1905-1908
- U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1908
- Professor of law, Tulane University, 1912-1927
- Dean, Tulane Law School, 1920-1927[1]
Judicial career
Fifth Circuit
Foster was nominated to the Fifth Circuit by President Calvin Coolidge on January 3, 1925 to fill a seat vacated by Alexander Campbell King. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 13, 1925, and received commission that same day. He served until his death on August 23, 1942.[1]
Eastern District of Louisiana
Foster was nominated to the Eastern District of Louisiana by President Theodore Roosevelt on January 22, 1909 to fill a seat vacated by Eugene Davis Saunders. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 2, 1909, and received commission that same day. He served on this court until January 13, 1925.[1] Foster was succeeded in this position by Charlton Reid Beattie.
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Foster's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Eugene Davis Saunders |
Eastern District of Louisiana 1909–1925 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Charlton Reid Beattie |
| Preceded by: Alexander Campbell King |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1925–1942 |
Succeeded by: Elmo Lee
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Wendy Vitter • Greg Guidry • Jay Zainey • Jane Triche-Milazzo • Nannette Jolivette Brown • Susie Morgan • Barry Ashe • Darrel Papillion • Brandon Long (Louisiana) | ||
| Senior judges |
Sarah Vance (Louisiana) • Eldon Fallon • Mary Ann Lemmon • Ivan Lemelle • Carl Barbier • Lance Africk • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Karen Wells Roby • Michael B. North • Janis van Meerveld • Donna Phillips Currault • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Thomas Porteous • John Dick • Thomas Bolling Robertson • Samuel Hadden Harper • Philip Kissick Lawrence • Theodore Howard McCaleb • Edward Henry Durell • Edward Coke Billings • Edith Clement • Alvin Rubin • Charles Parlange • Rufus Edward Foster • Eugene Davis Saunders • Helen Berrigan • Martin Feldman • Frederick Heebe • A.J. McNamara • Kurt Engelhardt • Charles Schwartz • Peter Beer • Marcel Livaudais • Charlton Reid Beattie • Wayne Borah • Louis Henry Burns • Robert Ainsworth • George Arceneaux • Edward Boyle • Adrian Caillouet • Patrick Carr (Louisiana) • Fred Cassibry • Herbert Christenberry • Robert Collins • James Comiskey • Adrian Duplantier • Frank Ellis • Jack M. Gordon • Okla Jones • Henry Mentz • Lansing Mitchell • Morey Sear • Elmer West • Roger West (Louisiana) • Veronica Wicker • James Wright (Louisiana) • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Edith Clement • Helen Berrigan • Sarah Vance (Louisiana) • Frederick Heebe • A.J. McNamara • Herbert Christenberry • Morey Sear • Elmer West • Nannette Jolivette Brown • | ||
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| 1901 | |||
| 1902 |
Anderson • Burns • Coxe • Gould • Hale • Holmes • Platt • Ray • Townsend • Waite | ||
| 1903 |
Clabaugh • Day • Hay • Holt • Hook • McClelland • Morris • Pollock • Pritchard • Richards • Van Devanter • Daniel Wright • Francis Wright | ||
| 1904 |
Duell • Holland • Hunt • Lanning • Reed • Shepard • Stafford | ||
| 1905 |
Adams • Atkinson • Barney • Bethea • Booth • Cross • Dayton • Dodge • Finkelnburg • Kohlsaat • Landis • Lowell • McCall • McComas • Quarles • Sanborn • Seaman • Tayler • Whitson • Wolverton • Wright | ||
| 1906 |
Buffington • Chatfield • Ewing • Farrington • Hough • Knappen • Lewis • Martin • Moody • Peelle • Robb | ||
| 1907 |
Campbell • Cotteral • Dietrich • Dyer • Hundley • Munger • Noyes Saunders • Sheppard • Van Fleet • Van Orsdel • Ward | ||
| 1908 |
Chamberlain • Purdy • Sanford • Sater • Young | ||
| 1909 | |||
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| 1923 | |||
| 1924 |
Boynton • Davis • Dawkins, Sr. • Graham • Hand • Jones • Kennamer • Kerrigan • Martin • McCormick • Moorman • Pray • Young | ||
| 1925 |
A. Anderson • H. Anderson • Baltzell • Beattie • Booth • Burns • Clark • Dawson • Foster • Henning • Hough • Johnson • McCamant • Meekins • Molyneaux • Moorman • Moscowitz • Otis • Parker • Raymond • Sanborn • Slick • St. Sure • Stone • Thacher • Van Valkenburgh | ||
| 1926 | |||
| 1927 |
Adler • Bryant • F. Coleman • W. Coleman • Hand • Hayes • Kirkpatrick • Letts • McNary • Moinet • Northcott • Tilson • Wham | ||
| 1928 |
Borah • Burrows • Cline • Cotteral • Deaver • Dewey • Gordon • Green • Hahn • Hickenlooper • Hicks • Louderback • Martineau • McCarthy • McDermott • McVicar • Norcross • Sinnott • Taylor • Tilson • Vaught • West | ||
| 1929 |
Akerman • Chase • Cox • Fake • Garrett • Nevin • Ritter • Woodward | ||
