Bland, Oscar Edward
Born: November 21, 1877
Died: August 3, 1951
 
Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Court of Customs Appeals (U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals after April 1, 1929)
Nominated by President Warren Harding
Confirmed on March 4, 1923
Retired from active service on December 1, 1947
Service terminated due to death on August 3, 1951
 
Education:
Valparaiso University
University of Indiana
 
Professional Experience:
Private practice, Linton, Indiana, 1901-
Member, Indiana State Senate, 1907-1909
Candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1910, 1914
U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1917-1923
Candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1922
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1947-1951
 
 
Cole, William Purrington
Born: May 11, 1889
Died: September 22, 1957
 
Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Customs Court
Nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Commissioned on May 14, 1942
Service terminated due to elevation to another court on July 9, 1952
 
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Nominated by President Harry Truman
Commissioned on July 7, 1952
Service terminated due to death on September 22, 1957
 
Education:
Maryland Agricultural College, B.S.C.E., 1910
 
Professional Experience:
Private practice, Towson, Maryland, 1912-1917
U.S. Army Captain, 1917-1919
Private practice, Towson, Maryland, 1917-
U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1927-1929, 1931-1942
 
 
De Vries, Marion
Born: August 15, 1865
Died: September 11, 1939
 
Federal Judicial Service:
Board of General Appraisers
Nominated by President William McKinley
Commissioned on June 9, 1900
Service as presiding judge, 1906-1910
Service terminated due to elevation to another court on April 1, 1910
 
U.S. Court of Customs Appeals
Nominated by President William H. Taft
Commissioned on April 2, 1910
Service as presiding judge, 1921-1922
Service terminated due to resignation on October 31, 1922
 
Education:
San Joaquin Valley College, Ph.B., 1886
University of Michigan, LL.B., 1888
 
Professional Experience:
Private practice, Stockton, California, 1889-1900
Assistant district attorney, San Joaquin County, California, 1893-1897
U.S. Representative from Califronia, 1897-1900
Private practice, Washington, DC and New York City, 1922-1939
 
 
Garrett, Finis James
Born: August 26, 1875
Died: May 25, 1956
 
Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Court of Customs Appeals (U.S Court of Customs and Patent Appeals after April 1, 1929)
Nominated by President Calvin Coolidge
Confirmed on February 14, 1929
Service as presiding judge, 1937-1948; and as chief judge, 1948-1955
Retired from active service on September 15, 1955
Service terminated due to death on May 25, 1956
 
Education:
Clinton College
Bethel College, B.A., 1897
Read law, 1899
 
Professional Experience:
Private practice, Dresden, Tennessee, 1900-
Master, Chancery Court, 1900-1905
U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1905-1929
Candidate for U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1928
 
 
Graham, William Johnson
Born: February 7, 1872
Died: November 10, 1937
 
Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Court of Customs Appeals (U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals after April 1, 1929)
Nominated by President Calvin Coolidge
Confirmed on May 29, 1924
Service as presiding judge, 1924-1937
Service terminated due to death on November 10, 1937
 
Education:
University of Illinois, LL.B., 1893
Read law, 1895
 
Professional Experience:
Private practice, Aledo, Illinois, 1895-
State’s attorney, Mercer, Illinois, 1901-1909
Member, Illinois House of Representatives, 1915-1916
U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1917-1924
 
 
Hatfield, Charles Sherrod
Born: June 29, 1882
Died: February 9, 1950
 
Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Court of Customs Appeals (U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals after April 1, 1929)
Nominated by President Warren Harding
Confirmed on March 4, 1923
Service terminated due to death on February 9, 1950
 
Education:
Hanover College, A.B.
Ohio State University College of Law, LL.B.
 
Professional Experience:
Prosecuting attorney, Wood County, Ohio, 1907-
Private practice,      -1923
 
 
Jackson, Joseph Raymond
Born: August 30, 1880
Died: August 29, 1969
 
Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Confirmed on December 9, 1937
Retired from active service on April 1, 1952
Service terminated due to death on August 29, 1969
 
Education:
Manhattan College, A.B., 1900
Read law, 1907
 
Professional Experience:
County attorney, Silver Bow County, Montana, 1917-1920
Judge, District Court for Silver Bow County, 1920-1925
Commissioner, Montana Supreme Court, 1921-1922
Private practice, New York City, 1926-1934
Assistant attorney general, Customs Division, New York City, 1934-1937
 
 
Johnson, Noble Jacob
Born: August 23, 1887
Died: March 17, 1968
 
Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Nominated by President Harry Truman
Commissioned on June 10, 1948
Service as chief judge, 1956-1958
Retired from active service on August 7, 1958
Service terminated due to death on March 17, 1968
 
Education:
Read law, 1911
 
Professional Experience:
Private practice, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1911
Deputy prosecuting attorney, Forty-third Judicial Circuit, Indiana, 1917-1918, 1921-1924
U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1925-1931
Candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1930, 1936
U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1939-1948
 
 
Lane, Donald Edward
Born: June 10, 1909
Died: May 30, 1979
 
Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Nominated by President Richard Nixon
Commissioned on June 20, 1969
Service terminated due to death on May 30, 1979
 
Education:
Yale University, B.S., 1927
George Washington University Law School
 
Professional Experience:
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1935-1941
U.S. Naval Reserve Commander, 1941-1945
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1945-1954
Commissioner, U.S. Court of Claims, 1954-1969
 
 
Lenroot, Irvine Luther
Born: January 31, 1869
Died: January 26, 1949
 
Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Nominated by President Herbert Hoover
Confirmed on May 15, 1929
Retired from active service on April 30, 1944
Service terminated due to death on January 26, 1949
 
Education:
Read law, 1897
 
Professional Experience:
Reporter, Superior Court of Douglas County, Wisconsin, 1893-1906
Private practice, Superior, Wisconsin, 1897-
Member, Wisconsin House of Representatives, 1901-1907
U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, 1909-1918
U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1918-1927
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1927-
 
 
Markey, Howard Thomas
Born: November 10, 1920
 
Federal Judicial Service
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Nominated by President Richard Nixon
Commissioned on June 22, 1972
Service as chief judge, 1972-1982
Service terminated due to assignment to another court on September 30, 1982
 
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Reassignment authorized by 96 Stat. 25
Commissioned on October 1, 1982
Service as chief judge, 1982-1990
Service terminated due to retirement on April 30, 1991
 
Education:
Loyola University School of Law, LL.B., 1949
John Marshall Law School, LL.M., 1950
 
Professional Experience:
U.S. Army Air Corps Major, 1941-1946
U.S. Air Force Reserve Lieutenant Colonel, 1947-1950
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1949-1950
U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, 1950-1952
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1952-1972
Lecturer, Loyola University School of Law, 1971-1972
 
 
Martin, George Ewing
Born: November 23, 1857
Died: April 14, 1948
 
Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Court of Customs Appeals
Nominated by President William H. Taft
Confirmed on February 8, 1911
Service as presiding judge, 1923-1924
Service terminated due to elevation to another court on May 24, 1924
 
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
Nominated by President Calvin Coolidge
Commissioned on May 22, 1924
Service as chief judge, 1924-1937
Retired from active service on September 30, 1937
Service terminated due to death on April 14, 1948
 
Education:
Wittenberg College, A.B., 1877
University of Heidelberg
 
Professional Experience:
Private practice, Lancaster, Ohio, 1883-1904
Common pleas judge, Seventh Judicial District of Ohio, 1904-1911
 
 
Martin, Isaac Jack
Born: July 18, 1908
Died: November 5, 1966
 
Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower
Commissioned on August 6, 1958
Service terminated due to death on November 5, 1966
 
Education:
University of Cincinnati College of Law, LL.B.
 
Professional Experience:
Private practice, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1932
Assistant prosecutor, Hamilton County, Ohio, 1933-1940
Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1941-1943
Administrative assistant to Senator Robert A. Taft, 1944-1953
Administrative assistant to President Dwight Eisenhower, 1953-1958
 
 
Miller, Jack Richard
Born: June 6, 1916
Died: August 29, 1994
 
Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Nominated by President Richard Nixon
Commissioned on July 6, 1973
Service terminated due to elevation on September 30, 1982
 
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Reassignment authorized by 96 Stat. 25
Commissioned on October 1, 1982
Retired from active service on June 6, 1985
Service terminated due to death on August 29, 1994
 
Education:
Creighton University, A.B., 1938
Catholic University, A.M., 1939
Columbia Law School, J.D., 1946
 
Professional Experience:
U.S. Army Air Corps, 1942-1946
Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, U.S. Internal Revenue Service, 1947-1948
Assistant professor of law, Notre Dame Law School, 1948-1949
Private practice, Sioux City, Iowa, 1949-1961
Iowa state representative, 1955-1956
Iowa state senator, 1957-1960
U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1961-1973
 
 
Montgomery, Robert Morris
Born: May 12, 1849
Died: June 27, 1920
 
Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Court of Customs Appeals
Nominated by President William H. Taft
Confirmed on March 30, 1910
Service as presiding judge, 1910-1920
Service terminated due to death on June 27, 1920
 
Education:
Read law, 1870
 
Professional Experience:
U.S. Army, Seventh Michigan Cavalry, 1864
Private practice, Pentwater, Michigan, 1871
Assistant assessor of internal revenue, Michigan,     -1873
Prosecuting attorney, Oceana County, 1873–1879
Private practice, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1873-1877
Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Michigan, 1877-1881
Judge, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Michigan, 1881-1888
Private practice, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1888-1891
Associate justice, Supreme Court of Michigan, 1892-1900, 1902-1909
Chief justice, Supreme Court of Michigan, 1900-1901, 1910
 
 
Nies, Helen Wilson
Born: August 7, 1925
Died: August 7, 1996
 
Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Nominated by President Jimmy Carter
Commissioned on June 18, 1980
Service terminated due to assignment to another court on September 30, 1982
 
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Reassignment authorized by 96 Stat. 25
Commissioned on October 1, 1982
Service as chief judge, 1990-1994
Retired from active service on November 11, 1995
Service terminated due to death on August 7, 1996
 
Education:
University of Michigan, B.A., 1946
University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1948
 
Professional Experience:
Attorney, Office of Alien Property, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 1948-1951
Branch counsel, U.S. Office of Price Stabilization, Washington, DC, 1951-1952
Private practice, Chicago, IL and Washington, DC, 1960-1978
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1978-1980
 
 
O’Connell, Ambrose
Born: July 9, 1881
Died: October 12, 1962
 
Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Commissioned on June 10, 1944
Retired from active service on April 5, 1962
Service terminated due to death on October 12, 1962
 
Education:
University of Notre Dame, Ph.B., 1907
Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1910
 
Professional Experience:
Attorney, Guarantee Trust Corporation, New York City, 1928-1932
Assistant treasurer and office manager, Democratic National Committee, 1932-1933
Special assistant to Postmaster General James Farley, 1933-1934
Executive assistant to Postmaster General James Farley, 1934-1939
Second assistant postmaster general, 1939-1940
First assistant postmaster general, 1940-1943
Executive vice-chairman, Democratic National Committee, 1943-1944
 
 
Rich, Giles Sutherland
Born: May 30, 1904
Died: June 9, 1999
 
Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower
Commissioned on July 19, 1956
Service terminated due to assignment to another court on September 30, 1982
 
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Reassignment authorized by 96 Stat. 25
Commissioned on October 1, 1982
Service terminated due to death on June 9, 1999
 
Education:
Harvard University, B.S., 1926
Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1929
 
Professional Experience:
Private practice, New York City, 1929-1956
Lecturer, Columbia University, 1942-1956
Adjunct professor, Georgetown University, 1963-1969
 
 
Smith, Arthur Mumford
Born: September 19, 1903
Died: November 20, 1968
 
Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower
Commissioned on April 30, 1959
Service terminated due to death on November 20, 1968
 
Education:
University of Michigan, A.B., 1924
University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1926
 
Professional Experience:
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1926-1929
Private practice, Detroit, Michigan, 1929-1946
Private practice, Dearborn, Michigan, 1946-1959
Lecturer in patent law, University of Michigan Law School, 1952-1959
 
 
Smith, James Francis
Born: January 28, 1859
Died: June 29, 1928
 
Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Court of Customs Appeals
Nominated by President William H. Taft
Confirmed on March 30, 1910
Service terminated due to death on June 29, 1928
 
Education:
Santa Clara College, B.S., 1877
Santa Clara College, B.A., 1878
Santa Clara College, M.A., 1878
University of California, Hastings College of Law
 
Professional Experience:
Private practice, California, 1881-1898
U.S. Army Brigadier General, 1898-1901
Collector of customs, Washington, DC, 1900-1901
Associate justice, Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands, 1901-1903
Member, Philippine Commission, 1903-1906
Vice governor, Philippine Islands, 1906
Governor general, Philippine Islands, 1906-1909
Private practice, 1909-1910
 
 
Worley, Francis Eugene
Born: October 10, 1908
Died: December 17, 1974
 
Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Nominated by President Harry Truman
Confirmed on March 8, 1950
Service terminated due to appointment as chief judge on May 4, 1959
 
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals-Chief Judge
Nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower
Confirmed on April 29, 1959
Service as chief judge, 1959-1972
Retired from active service on June 26, 1972
Service terminated due to death on December 17, 1974
 
Education:
University of Texas School of Law
 
Professional Experience:
Private practice, Shamrock, Texas, 1936-
Member, Texas House of Representatives, 1935-1940
U.S. Representative from Texas, 1941-1950
U.S. Naval Reserve, 1941-1942