Clement Haynsworth

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit

Years in office: 1981 - 1989

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Years in office: 1957 - 1981

Education

Bachelor's

Furham University, 1933

Law

Harvard Law, 1936

Personal

Birthplace

Greenville, SC

Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr. (1910-1989) was afederal judge for theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. He was also nominated to theSupreme Court of the United States, and was rejected by the Senate by a vote of 45-55.^[1]

Haynsworth was nominated by PresidentDwight Eisenhower on February 19, 1957, to a seat vacated byArmistead Dobie; he was confirmed by the Senate onApril 4, 1957, and received his commission that same day. He served aschief judge from 1964 until he assumedsenior status onApril 6, 1981. He served until his death onNovember 22, 1989.^[1]

Education

• Furman University, A.B., 1933
• Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1936^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Greenville, South Carolina, 1936-1942
• U.S. Navy, 1942-1945
• Private practice, Greenville, South Carolina, 1945-1957^[1]

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Active judges	Chief Judge: Albert Diaz  •  Steven Agee  •  Harvie Wilkinson  •  Paul Niemeyer  •  Robert King  •  Roger Gregory  •  James Wynn  •  DeAndrea G. Benjamin  •  Stephanie Thacker  •  Pamela A. Harris  •  A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr.  •  Julius Richardson  •  Allison Jones Rushing  •  Toby Heytens  •  Nicole Berner
Senior judges	Barbara Keenan  •  Diana Motz  •  William Traxler  •  Henry Floyd  •
Former judges	Hugh Lennox Bond  •  Karen J. Williams  •  Clyde Hamilton  •  Blane Michael  •  Dennis Shedd  •  Allyson Duncan  •  Michael Luttig  •  Emory Sneeden  •  Samuel Ervin  •  James Sprouse  •  Charles Henry Simonton  •  Nathan Goff  •  Edmund Waddill  •  Jeter Connelly Pritchard  •  Martin Augustine Knapp  •  John Carter Rose (Maryland)  •  Andre Davis  •  Charles Albert Woods  •  Morris Ames Soper  •  Elliott Northcott  •  John Johnston Parker  •  James Phillips (Court of Appeals Judge)  •  Armistead Dobie  •  Harrison Winter  •  James Craven  •  Donald S. Russell  •  Albert Bryan, Sr.  •  John Butzner  •  Hiram Widener  •  Herbert Boreman  •  John Field (West Virginia)  •  Kenneth Hall (West Virginia)  •  J. Spencer Bell  •  Clement Haynsworth  •  Francis Murnaghan  •  Simon Sobeloff  •  William Walter Wilkins  •
Former Chief judges	Karen J. Williams  •  Harvie Wilkinson  •  William Traxler  •  Samuel Ervin  •  John Johnston Parker  •  Harrison Winter  •  Clement Haynsworth  •  Simon Sobeloff  •  William Walter Wilkins  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byDwight Eisenhower
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