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William Kidd
William Matthew Kidd (1918-1998) was a federal judge on 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.[1]
Kidd was nominated to the Southern District of West Virginia by President Jimmy Carter on November 30, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629; he was confirmed by the Senate on December 20, 1979, and received commission the next day. He served the Southern District until January 14, 1983, at which time he was reassigned to the Northern District. He assumed senior status on January 15, 1990, and served the Northern District in that capacity until his death on December 20, 1998.[1] Kidd was succeeded in this position by Frederick Stamp.
Early life and education
- West Virginia University College of Law, LL.B., 1950[1]
Professional career
- U.S. Navy, 1942-1945
- Member, West Virginia House of Delegates, 1950-1952
- Private practice, West Virginia, 1952-1974
- Prosecuting attorney, Braxton County, West Virginia, 1962-1970
- Judge, 14th Judicial Circuit, West Virginia, 1974-1976
- Chief judge, 14th Judicial Circuit, West Virginia, 1976-1979[1]
Judicial career
Southern District of West Virginia
Kidd was nominated to the Southern District of West Virginia by President Jimmy Carter on November 30, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629; he was confirmed by the Senate on December 20, 1979, and received commission the next day. He served the Southern District until January 14, 1983, at which time he was reassigned to the Northern District. He assumed senior status on January 15, 1990, and served the Northern District in that capacity until his death on December 20, 1998.[1] Kidd was succeeded in this position by Frederick Stamp.
Northern District of West Virginia
Kidd was reassigned January 14, 1983, to a new seat authorized by 96 Stat. 2601. He assumed senior status on January 15, 1990. His service was terminated on December 20, 1998, due to death.[1]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Judge Kidd's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Northern District of West Virginia 1983–1998 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Frederick Stamp
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Gina Marie Groh • John Bailey (West Virginia) • Thomas Kleeh | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Michael Aloi • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
John Jay Jackson • Alston Gordon Dayton • Robert Maxwell • William Eli Baker • Harry Watkins • Herbert Boreman • W. Craig Broadwater • Sidney Christie • Charles Haden II • William Kidd • Charles Paul • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
John Bailey (West Virginia) • Robert Maxwell • Frederick Stamp • Irene Keeley • William Eli Baker • Harry Watkins • Charles Paul • | ||
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
