Jesse Henley
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Jesse Henley
Nonpartisan
Prior offices
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit
Education
Personal
Jesse Smith Henley (1917-1997) was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas and the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.
Early life and education
- University of Arkansas School of Law, LL.B., 1941[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1941-1954
- Clerk, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, 1943-1945
- Referee in Bankruptcy, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, 1943-1945
- Associate general counsel, Federal Communications Commission, 1954-1956
- Director, Office of Administrative Procedure, U.S. Department of Justice, 1956-1958[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Henley was nominated by Gerald Ford on January 28, 1975, to a seat vacated by Pat Mehaffy. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 13, 1975, and received commission on March 14, 1975, and assumed senior status on May 31, 1982. Service for Henley was terminated on October 18, 1997, due to death.
Eastern District of Arkansas
Henley received a recess appointment from Dwight D. Eisenhower on October 25, 1958, to a seat vacated by Thomas Trimble. He was nominated to the position by Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 17, 1959. His service was terminated on September 8, 1959, after nomination was not confirmed by the Senate.
He was again nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on August 18, 1959, to a seat vacated by Harry Lemley.[1]He was confirmed by the Senate on September 2, 1959, and received commission on September 8, 1959. He served as chief judge from 1959-1975. His service was terminated on March 24, 1975, due to appointment to another judicial position.
Western District of Arkansas
Henley was nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on August 18, 1959, to a seat vacated by Harry Lemley. He was confirmed by the Senate on September 2, 1959, and received commission on September 8, 1959. Service for Henley was terminated on March 24, 1975, due to appointment to another judicial position.
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jesse Henley's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Thomas Trimble |
Eastern District of Arkansas 1959–1959 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Gordon Young |
| Preceded by: Harry Lemley |
Western District of Arkansas 1959–1975 |
Succeeded by: Terry Shell |
| Preceded by: Harry Lemley |
Eastern District of Arkansas 1959–1975 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: Terry Shell |
| Preceded by: Pat Mehaffy |
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals 1975–1997 |
Succeeded by: Pasco Bowman |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Brian Miller (Arkansas)Chief Judge: Kristine Gerhard Baker • D.P. Marshall Jr. • James Moody Jr. (Arkansas federal court judge) • Lee Rudofsky | |
| Senior judges | ||
| Magistrate judges | J. Thomas Ray • Jerome Kearney • Joe J. Volpe • Patricia S. Harris • Edie Ervin • | |
| Former Article III judges |
J. Leon Holmes • Garnett Eisele • James M. Moody Sr. (Arkansas federal judge) • Henry Woods • William Overton • Richard Arnold (Arkansas) • Terry Shell • Daniel Ringo • Henry Clay Caldwell • John Williams (Arkansas) • Jacob Trieber • John Ellis Martineau • Thomas Trimble • Harry Lemley • Oren Harris • Jesse Henley • George Howard • Elsijane Roy • Stephen Reasoner • Gordon Young • | |
| Former Chief judges |
Garnett Eisele • D.P. Marshall Jr. • Thomas Trimble • Jesse Henley • Susan Webber Wright • Stephen Reasoner • |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Steven Colloton • Lavenski Smith • Ralph Erickson • Bobby Shepherd • James Loken • Raymond Gruender • William D. Benton • David Stras • Jane Kelly • Steven Grasz • Jonathan Kobes | |
| Senior judges |
David R. Hansen • Morris Arnold • Roger Wollman • Pasco Bowman • Arlen Beam • Michael Melloy • | |
| Former judges | Myron Bright • Diana Murphy • William Riley (Eighth Circuit) • Henry Clay Caldwell • George Fagg • Elmer Bragg Adams • John Emmett Carland • Amos Madden Thayer • Walter Henry Sanborn • William Cather Hook • John Hazelton Cotteral • Robert E. Lewis (Colorado judge) • Willis Van Devanter • Walter Inglewood Smith • Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh • Wilbur Franklin Booth • Charles Breckenridge Faris • Kimbrough Stone • Joseph William Woodrough • William Squire Kenyon • John Benjamin Sanborn • John D. Kelly • Archibald Gardner • Seth Thomas • John Collet • Charles Joseph Vogel • Jesse Henley • Roy Stephenson • William Webster • Floyd Gibson • Albert Ridge • Charles Whittaker • Harvey Johnsen • Harry Blackmun • Gerald Heaney • Donald Lay • Marion Matthes • Theodore McMillian • Pat Mehaffy • Walter Riddick • Martin Van Oosterhout • Donald Ross • | |
| Former Chief judges |
Lavenski Smith • David R. Hansen • Morris Arnold • Roger Wollman • James Loken • Pasco Bowman • William Riley (Eighth Circuit) • Archibald Gardner • Charles Joseph Vogel • Floyd Gibson • Harvey Johnsen • Donald Lay • Marion Matthes • Pat Mehaffy • Martin Van Oosterhout • |
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| 1953 |
Boldt • Bruchhausen • Cecil • Dawkins, Jr. • Grooms • Hamlin • Hoffman • Knoch • Schnackenberg • Warren • Willson | |
| 1954 |
Aldrich • Anderson • Bastian • Bicks • Bootle • Boreman • Breitenstein • Brooks • Cecil • Chambers • Choate • Christensen • Connell • Danaher • Dawson • Day • Fee • Freeman • Halbert • Harlan • Hincks • Hoffman • Holder • Hunter • Ingraham • Laramore • Kent • Lemmon • Lord • McGarraghy • Mickelson • Miller • Palmieri • Parkinson • Rogers • Ross • Stewart • Taylor • Thomsen • Tuttle • Van Oosterhout • Vogel • Walsh • Whittaker • Wilson | |
| 1955 |
Alger • Brown • Cameron • Clarke • Davies • Devitt • East • Estes • Grubb • Harlan • Jertberg • Jones • Lumbard • McIlvaine • Miller • Register • Sorg • Van Dusen • Waterman • Watkins • Wortendyke • Wright | |
| 1956 |
Barnes • Bryan • Burger • Cashin • Hamley • Herlands • Johnson • Juergens • Kerr • Kraft • Levet • Lewis • Lieb • Mercer • Morgan • Rich • Rizley • Robinson • Smith • Sobeloff • Weick • Whittaker | |
| 1957 |
Arraj • Breitenstein • Brennan • Egan • Gignoux • Grant • Hastings • Haynsworth • Hicklin • Jameson • Layton • Moore • O'Sullivan • Parkinson • Richardson • Sirica • Stanley • Thompson • Van Pelt • Weber • Whittaker • Wisdom • Zavatt | |
| 1958 |
Beck • Burke • Carswell • Clayton • Hamlin • Henley • Jertberg • Knoch • Martin • Matthes • Miner • Morrill • Poos • Robson • Stanley • Steel • Stewart • Wollenberg | |
| 1959 |
Aldrich • Bartels • Blackmun • Boreman • Butler • Castle • Cecil • Crocker • Dalton • Field • Fisher • Forman • Friendly • Hart • Henderson • Henley • Julian • Kalbfleisch • Kilkenny • Koelsch • Kunzel • MacMahon • Merrill • Metzner • Powell • Smith • Sweigert • Walsh • Weick • Weinman • Wood • Worley • Young | |
| 1960 |
Caffrey • Chilson • Durfee • Hodge • Kaess • Lane • Lewis • Mishler • O'Sullivan • Paul • Smith • Stephenson • Tavares • Timbers |
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| 1974 |
Bauer • Bramwell • Cahn • Churchill • Clarke • Cook • Elfvin • Fitzgerald • Flaum • Gerry • Kirkland • Sessions • Torruella • Graafeiland | |
| 1975 |
Brimmer • Brotman • Grady • Haden • Henley • Higginbotham • Kennedy • Leighton • McNagny • Meskill • O'Conor • Rogers • Shell • Siler • Stafford • Stevens • Thompson • Tjoflat • Wong | |
| 1976 |
Ackerman • Anderson • Aronovitz • Broderick • Callister • Cohill • Copenhaver • Crowley • Davis • Fay • Goettel • Guy • Haight • Hall • Hill • Ingram • Manos • Munson • Poole • Pratt • Richey • Schwartz • Schwarzer • Sear • Sterling • Takasugi • Waters • Williams • Wood |
