Clarence Sessions

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Years in office: 1911 - 1931

Education

Bachelor's

University of Michigan, 1881

Law

Read law, 1883

Personal

Birthplace

Michigan

Clarence Sessions (1859-1931) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

He was nominated by PresidentWilliam Howard Taft on February 25, 1911 to fill the seat vacated byArthur Carter Denison. He was confirmed by the Senate onMarch 2, 1911, and received commission that same day. He served until his death onApril 1, 1931.^[1]

Early life and education

• University of Michigan, A.B., 1881
• Read law, 1883^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Ionia,Michigan, 1883-1885
• Private practice, Muskegon,Michigan, 1885-1906
• Judge, Circuit Court of Michigan, 1906-1911^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Western District of Michigan

Sessions was nominated by PresidentWilliam Howard Taft on February 25, 1911 to fill the seat vacated byArthur Carter Denison. He was confirmed by the Senate onMarch 2, 1911, and received commission that same day. He served until his death onApril 1, 1931.^[1]

External links

• Biography from theMichigan Supreme Court Historical Society.
• Clarence Sessions's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byWilliam Howard Taft
1909	Bean •Carpenter •Connor •Donworth •Grubb •Hand •Hundley •Lanning •Lurton •Orr •Purdy •Rellstab •Warrington •Willard
1910	Archbald •Barber •Carland •Cooper •Denison •De Vries •Hollister •Hughes •Hunt •Killits •Knapp •Knappen •Lamar •Mack •Montgomery •Rasch •Rose •Russell •Smith •Van Devanter •Van Valkenburgh •White
1911	Angell •Day •Denison •Elliott •Martin •Rudkin •Schofield •Sessions •H. Smith •W. Smith •Veeder •Whitmer • Youmans
1912	Bourquin •Cheney •Cushman •Dodge •Geiger •Howard •Mayer •McPherson •Morton •Pitney •Pope •Sloan •Thompson •Tuttle •

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Active judges	Chief Judge: Hala Jarbou  •  Jane Beckering  •  Paul Maloney  •  Robert Jonker
Senior judges	Gordon Quist  •  Janet Neff  •  Robert Holmes Bell  •
Magistrate judges	Ray Kent  •  Phillip J. Green  •  Maarten Vermaat  •  Sally Berens  •
Former Article III judges	Wendell Miles  •  Richard Enslen  •  David McKeague  •  Benjamin Gibson  •  Douglas Hillman  •  Albert Engel  •  Solomon Lewis Withey  •  W. Wallace Kent  •  Henry Franklin Severens  •  George Wanty  •  Loyal Edwin Knappen  •  Arthur Carter Denison  •  Clarence Sessions  •  Fred Morton Raymond  •  Noel Fox  •  Raymond Starr  •
Former Chief judges	Wendell Miles  •  Richard Enslen  •  Robert Jonker  •  Robert Holmes Bell  •  Benjamin Gibson  •  Douglas Hillman  •  W. Wallace Kent  •  Noel Fox  •  Raymond Starr  •