Joseph Fisher (Texas)
Joseph Jefferson Fisher (1910 - 2000) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Fisher was nominated to the Eastern District of Texas by President Dwight Eisenhower on September 7, 1959, to a seat vacated by Lamar Cecil; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 9, 1959, and received his commission on September 10th. From 1967-1980, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on January 30, 1984. He served the Eastern District of Texas until his death on June 19, 2000.[1]
Early life and education
- University of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1936[1]
Professional career
- County attorney, St. Augustine County, Texas, 1937-1939
- District attorney, First Judicial District of Texas, 1939-1946
- Private practice, Jasper, Texas, 1946-1957
- Judge, First Judicial District of Texas, 1957-1959[1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of Texas
Fisher was nominated to the Eastern District of Texas by President Dwight Eisenhower on September 7, 1959, to a seat vacated by Lamar Cecil; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 9, 1959, and received his commission on September 10th. From 1967-1980, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on January 30, 1984. He served the Eastern District of Texas until his death on June 19, 2000.[1]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Fisher's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Lamar Cecil |
Eastern District of Texas 1959–1984 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Sam Hall
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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 | ||
