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Romanzo Bunn

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Romanzo Bunn

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Prior offices

United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin


Education

Personal


Romanzo Bunn (1829-1909) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.[1]

He was nominated by President Rutherford B. Hayes on October 25, 1877. He was confirmed by the Senate on October 30, 1877, and received commission that same day. He retired on January 9, 1905.[1] Bunn was succeeded in this position by Arthur Loomis Sanborn.

Early life and education

  • Read law, 1853[1]

Professional career

  • Private practice, Ellicottville, New York, 1853-1854
  • Private practice, Galesville, Wisconsin, 1854-1861
  • District attorney, Galesville, Wisconsin, 1857-1858
  • Member, Wisconsin State Legislature, 1859
  • Private practice, Sparta, Wisconsin, 1861-1868
  • Judge, Circuit Court of Wisconsin, 6th Judicial Circuit, 1868-1877
  • Professor of law, University of Wisconsin, 1878-1885[1]

Judicial career

Western District of Wisconsin

Bunn was nominated by President Rutherford B. Hayes on October 25, 1877. He was confirmed by the Senate on October 30, 1877, and received commission that same day. He retired on January 9, 1905.[1] Bunn was succeeded in this position by Arthur Loomis Sanborn.

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Political offices
Preceded by:
James Campbell Hopkins
Western District of Wisconsin
1877–1905
Seat #1
Succeeded by:
Arthur Loomis Sanborn

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Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Active judges

Chief JudgeJames D. Peterson   •  William Conley (Wisconsin)

Senior judges

Barbara Crabb  •  

Magistrate judges Stephen Crocker  •  Peter Oppeneer  •  
Former Article III judges

John Shabaz  •  James Campbell Hopkins  •  Romanzo Bunn  •  Arthur Loomis Sanborn  •  Claude Zeth Luse  •  Patrick Thomas Stone  •  James Edward Doyle  •  David Rabinovitz  •  

Former Chief judges

John Shabaz  •  Barbara Crabb  •  James Edward Doyle  •  William Conley (Wisconsin)  •