Thomas Walker (New Jersey)
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Thomas Walker
Prior offices
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Education
Personal
Thomas Glynn Walker (1899-1993) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Walker was given a recess appointment by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on December 20, 1939, to a seat vacated by William Clark. He was nominated on January 16, 1940, confirmed by the Senate on March 5, 1940, and received commission on March 13.[1] He resigned on December 31, 1941. Walker was succeeded in this position by Thomas Meaney.
Early life and education
- Fordham University School of Law, LL.B., 1924
Professional career
- Private practice, Newark, New Jersey, 1924-1937
- Professor, Mercer Beasley School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, 1930-1935
- Member, New Jersey State Assembly, 1933-1938
- Speaker, 1937-1938
- Judge, Court of Errors and Appeals, Trenton, New Jersey, 1937-1939
- Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1939
- Vice president & general counsel, New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, Newark, NJ, 1942-1965
- Private practice, Newark, New Jersey, 1965-1970
Judicial career
District of New Jersey
Walker was given a recess appointment by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on December 20, 1939, to a seat vacated by William Clark.[1] He was nominated on January 16, 1940, confirmed by the Senate on March 5, 1940, and received commission on March 13. He resigned on December 31, 1941. Walker was succeeded in this position by Thomas Meaney.
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: William Clark |
District of New Jersey 1940–1941 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Thomas Meaney |
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| 1933 |
Bell • Bratton • Donohoe • FitzHenry • Garrecht • Keefe • Ragon • Stone • Woodrough | |
| 1934 |
Allen • Bowen • Holly • Hulbert • Long • Major • Myers • Rippey • Sullivan | |
| 1935 |
Baldwin • Denman • Faris • Ford • Hamilton • Haney • Holmes • Mahoney • Martin • Mathews • McDuffie • Moore • Roche • A. L. Stephens • H. M. Stephens • Sweeney • Yankwich | |
| 1936 |
Abruzzo • Clancy • Davidson • Davis • Holland • Lederle • Leibell • Ling • Mandelbaum • Maris • Pollard • Thomas • Underwood | |
| 1937 |
Adair • Biggs • Black • Burke • Collet • Druffel • Edgerton • Groner • Healy • Jackson • Jenney • Kloeb • Major • McColloch • Miller • Mize • Murrah • Rice • Stephens • Sullivan • Swinford • Treanor • Trimble • Vinson • Watkins • Williams • Wyche | |
| 1938 |
Clark • Conger • Ford • Hamilton • Laws • Maris • McCord • Murphree • Reed | |
| 1939 |
Allred • Arant • Beaumont • Biddle • Black • Clark • Darr • Davies • Dobie • Douglas • Duffy • Frankfurter • Goldsborough • Huxman • Igoe • Jones • Kalodner • Kerner, Sr. • Lemley • Lumpkin • Magruder • Miller • Morris • Picard • Porterie • Roberts • Rutledge • Walker • Welsh • Whaley • Whitaker • Wilkin | |
| 1940 |
Bard • Barker • Barksdale • Boyd • Broaddus • Caillouet • Campbell • Dobie • Ganey • Goodrich • Harrison • Hartigan • Johnsen • Jones • Leamy • Mahoney • Martin • Murphy • Murrah • O'Connor • Oliver • Pine • Russell • Savage • Schwellenbach • Walker • Waller |
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| 1941 |
Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski | |
| 1942 |
Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney | |
| 1943 |
Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert • Waller | |
| 1944 |
Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw | |
| 1945 |