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Edward McEntee

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Nonpartisan

Prior offices

United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit

Education

Personal

Edward Matthew McEntee (1906-1981) was a federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit. He joined the court in 1965 after an appointment from Lyndon Johnson.[1] McEntee died on February 14, 1981.

Early life and education

  • Holy Cross College, A.B., 1928
  • Boston University School of Law, LL.B., 1933[1]

Professional career

  • Private practice, Providence, Rhode Island, 1933-1952
  • Rhode Island state representative, 1935-1939
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Rhode Island, 1940-1951
  • U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, 1952-1953[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

First Circuit

McEntee was nominated to the First Circuit by President Lyndon Johnson on August 3, 1965, to a seat vacated by Peter Woodbury; he was confirmed by the Senate on August 31, 1965, and received commission the next day. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1976, and served in that capacity until his death on February 14, 1981. His vacancy was filled by Hugh Bownes.[1]

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Political offices
Preceded by:
Peter Woodbury 		First Circuit
1965–1981
Seat #2 		Succeeded by:
Hugh Bownes

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Federal judges who have served the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Active judges

Chief Judge: David Barron   •  Gustavo Gelpí  •  William Kayatta  •  Lara Montecalvo  •  Julie Rikelman  •  Seth Aframe

Senior judges

Bruce Marshall Selya  •  Levin Hicks Campbell  •  Jeffrey R. Howard  •  Kermit Lipez  •  Sandra Lea Lynch  •  O. Rogeriee Thompson  •  

Former judges Stephen Breyer  •  David Souter  •  Norman Stahl  •  Michael Boudin  •  Juan Torruella  •  Hugh Bownes  •  Benjamin Bourne  •  John A. Lowell  •  Jeremiah Smith  •  John Lowell (federal judge, 1865-1884)  •  George Foster Shepley  •  LeBaron Bradford Colt  •  William LeBaron Putnam  •  Francis Cabot Lowell  •  Frederic Dodge  •  James Madison Morton  •  William Schofield  •  George Weston Anderson  •  George Hutchins Bingham  •  Charles Fletcher Johnson  •  Scott Wilson (Maine)  •  John Christopher Mahoney  •  Calvert Magruder  •  Bailey Aldrich  •  John Patrick Hartigan  •  Frank Coffin  •  Edward McEntee  •  Peter Woodbury  •  
Former Chief judges

Stephen Breyer  •  Levin Hicks Campbell  •  Jeffrey R. Howard  •  Michael Boudin  •  Juan Torruella  •  Sandra Lea Lynch  •  Calvert Magruder  •  Bailey Aldrich  •  Frank Coffin  •  Peter Woodbury  •  

Lyndon Johnson

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Federal judges nominated by Lyndon Johnson
1964

Anderson • Bratton • Christie • Collins • Cowen • Davis • Ely • Freedman • Gordon • Higginbotham • McNichols • Muecke • Nichols • Port • Rabinovitz • Robinson • Simons • Suttle • Weber • Whelan • Zampano

1965

Bryant • Celebrezze • Coffin • Coleman • Collinson • Corcoran • Doyle • Eubanks • Fortas • Frankel • Gasch • Gibson • Gordon • Harris • Hemphill • Hill • Hunter • Landis • Langley • Leventhal • Maxwell • McEntee • Mehrtens • Nichol • Reynolds • Russell • Smith • Tamm • Thornberry • Young

1966

Ainsworth • Atkins • Boyle • Cabot • Cassibry • Copple • Craven • Cummings • Dyer • Fairchild • Feinberg • Ferguson • Fullam • Garrity • Godbold • Goldberg • Goodwin • Gray • Guinn • Harvey • Hauk • Heaney • Heebe • Hickey • Hogan • Kaufman • Kinneary • Krentzman • Lay • Leddy • Lord • Lynch • MacKenzie • Mansfield • McCree • McRae • Mitchell • Motley • Napoli • Nichols • Noland • Peck II • Peckham • Pettine • Pittman • Porter • Real • Roberts • Robinson • Robinson • Rubin • Russell • Scott • Seals • Seitz • Simpson • Singleton • Skelton • Smith • Smith • Taylor • Thomas • von der Heydt • Watson • Winter •

Wise
1967

Arnow • Beckworth • Belloni • Butzner • Cancio • Carter • Clayton • Combs • Comiskey • Curtin • Eaton • Edenfield • Fernandez-Badillo • Gesell • Gordon • Jones • Keith • Kellam • Lambros • Maletz • Marshall • Masterson • Merhige • Morgan • Murray • Neville • Pollack • Pregerson • Theis • Troutman • Van Dusen • Waddy • Weiner • Weinstein • Whipple • Williams

1968

Aldisert • Baldwin • Bownes • Bright • Green • Gubow • Henderson • Holloway • Hufstedler • Judd • Justice • Keady • Kerner, Jr. • Lasker • Latchum • Lawrence • McMillan • Morgan • Newman • Nixon • Pratt • Re • Rosenstein • Schwartz • Smith • Stahl • Travia • Woodward