ballotpedia.org

Emile Henry Lacombe

From Ballotpedia

Emile Henry Lacombe

Image of Emile Henry Lacombe

Prior offices

Second Circuit Seat 2

U.S. Circuit Courts for the 2nd Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit

Education

Personal

Emile Henry Lacombe (1846-1924) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit and the United States Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit. He joined the United States Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit after a recess appointment from Grover Cleveland in 1887. At the time of appointment he was a corporate counsel in New York City. On June 16, 1891, he was reassigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit where he served until his retirement on February 15, 1916.[1] Lacombe died on November 28, 1924.

Early life and education

  • Columbia College, A.B., 1863
  • Columbia College, LL.B., 1865[1]

Military service

Lacombe served in the U.S. Army from 1862-1863.[1]

Professional career

  • Private practice, New York City, 1865-1875
  • Assistant corporation counsel, New York City, 1875-1884
  • Corporation counsel, New York City, 1884-1887
  • Private practice, New York City, 1916-1924
  • Referee in chancery, New York City, 1919[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Second Circuit

He received a recess appointment from President Grover Cleveland on May 26, 1887 to the United States Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit, and was nominated on February 27th. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 28, 1888, and received commission that same day. On June 16, 1891, he was reassigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit where he served until his retirement on February 15, 1916.[1] He was succeeded to the post by Charles Merrill Hough.

See also

External links

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by:
NA - new seat 		Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit
1888–1891
Seat #2 		Succeeded by:
NA
Preceded by:
NA 		Second Circuit
1891–1916
Seat #2 		Succeeded by:
Charles Merrill Hough

US-CourtOfAppeals-2ndCircuit-Seal.png

v • e

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

Chief Judge: Debra Livingston   •  Joseph Bianco  •  Richard Sullivan (New York)  •  Maria Araujo Kahn  •  Raymond Lohier  •  Alison J. Nathan  •  Beth Robinson  •  Sarah A.L. Merriam  •  Michael Park  •  Steven Menashi  •  William Nardini  •  Eunice Lee  •  Myrna Pérez

Senior judges

Denny Chin  •  Gerard Lynch  •  Pierre Leval  •  Dennis Jacobs  •  Jon Newman  •  Amalya Kearse  •  John Walker (New York)  •  Chester Straub  •  Guido Calabresi  •  Jose Cabranes  •  Robert Sack  •  Barrington Parker  •  Reena Raggi  •  Richard Wesley  •  Susan L. Carney (Second Circuit)  •  

Former judges Christopher Droney  •  Julian William Mack  •  Frank Altimari  •  Samuel Blatchford  •  Alexander Smith Johnson  •  Nathaniel Shipman  •  William James Wallace  •  Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff  •  Sonia Sotomayor  •  Wilfred Feinberg  •  Ralph Winter  •  Roger Miner  •  Rosemary Pooler  •  Robert Katzmann  •  Peter Hall (Federal judge)  •  John Mahoney (Second Circuit)  •  George Pratt  •  Richard Cardamone  •  Lawrence Pierce  •  Thomas Meskill  •  William Mulligan  •  James Oakes  •  William Timbers  •  Fred Parker  •  Alfred Conkling Coxe  •  Emile Henry Lacombe  •  William Kneeland Townsend  •  Charles Merrill Hough  •  Walter Chadwick Noyes  •  Henry Galbraith Ward  •  John Harlan II  •  Learned Hand  •  Martin Augustine Knapp  •  Julius Marshuetz Mayer  •  Augustus Noble Hand  •  Martin Thomas Manton  •  Henry Wade Rogers  •  Harrie Brigham Chase  •  Thomas Walter Swan  •  Carroll Hincks  •  Charles Edward Clark  •  John Joseph Smith  •  Robert Palmer Anderson  •  Robert Porter Patterson, Sr.  •  Murray Gurfein  •  Irving Kaufman  •  Walter Mansfield  •  Harold Medina  •  Thurgood Marshall  •  Jerome Frank  •  Henry Friendly  •  Paul Hays  •  Joseph Lumbard  •  Leonard Moore  •  Ellsworth Van Graafeiland  •  Sterry Waterman  •  
Former Chief judges

Wilfred Feinberg  •  Jon Newman  •  Ralph Winter  •  John Walker (New York)  •  Robert Katzmann  •  Thomas Meskill  •  James Oakes  •  Learned Hand  •  Harrie Brigham Chase  •  Thomas Walter Swan  •  Charles Edward Clark  •  Irving Kaufman  •  Henry Friendly  •  Joseph Lumbard  •  

Grover Cleveland

v • e

Federal judges nominated by Grover Cleveland
1886

Jackson • Merrick • Severens

1887

Newman • Ross • Simonton • Thayer • Toulmin

1888

Allen • Fuller • Jenkins • Lacombe • Lamar • Maxey • Montgomery •

Philips
1893

Alvey • Bellinger • Bingham • Lurton • Morris • Seaman • Shepard • Simonton

1894

Brawley • Parlange • Priest • Thayer • White

1895

Adams • Clark • Peckham • Showalter • Wellborn

1896

Brown • Carland • Kirkpatrick • Lochren • Marshall • McHugh • Rogers

1897

Amidon • Howry • Munger • Nott