David Patterson Dyer

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Years in office: 1919 - 1924

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Years in office: 1907 - 1919

Education

Bachelor's

St. Charles College

Law

Read law, 1859

Personal

Birthplace

Virginia

David Patterson Dyer (1838-1924) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

He was nominated by PresidentTheodore Roosevelt on February 27, 1907 to replaceGustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg. He was confirmed by the Senate onMarch 1, 1907, and received commission that same day. He assumedsenior status onNovember 3, 1919. He served until his death onApril 29, 1924. Dyer was succeeded in this position byCharles Breckenridge Faris.

Early life and education

• St. Charles College
• Read law, 1859

Professional career

• Private practice, Pike County, Missouri, 1859-1875
• Prosecuting attorney, Third Judicial Circuit, Missouri, 1860
• U.S. Army Commander, Civil War
• Member, Missouri House of Representatives, 1862-1865
• Secretary, Missouri State Senate, 1866
• U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1869-1871
• Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 1871-1902
• U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1875-1876, 1902-1907

Judicial nominations and appointments

Eastern District of Missouri

Dyer was nominated by PresidentTheodore Roosevelt on February 27, 1907 to replaceGustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg.^[1] He was confirmed by the Senate onMarch 1, 1907, and received commission that same day. He assumedsenior status onNovember 3, 1919. He served until his death onApril 29, 1924. Dyer was succeeded in this position byCharles Breckenridge Faris.

External links

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.
• Biography from theCentennial History of Missouri.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byTheodore Roosevelt
1901	Baker •Jones •McDowell
1902	Anderson •Burns •Coxe •Gould •Hale •Holmes •Platt •Ray •Townsend •Waite
1903	Clabaugh •Day •Hay •Holt •Hook •McClelland •Morris •Pollock •Pritchard •Richards •Van Devanter •Daniel Wright • Francis Wright
1904	Duell •Holland •Hunt •Lanning •Reed •Shepard •Stafford
1905	Adams •Atkinson •Barney •Bethea •Booth •Cross •Dayton •Dodge •Finkelnburg •Kohlsaat •Landis •Lowell •McCall •McComas •Quarles •Sanborn •Seaman •Tayler •Whitson •Wolverton •Wright
1906	Buffington •Chatfield •Ewing •Farrington •Hough •Knappen •Lewis •Martin •Moody •Peelle •Robb
1907	Campbell •Cotteral •Dietrich •Dyer •Hundley •Munger •NoyesSaunders •Sheppard •Van Fleet •Van Orsdel •Ward
1908	Chamberlain •Purdy •Sanford •Sater •Young
1909	Foster

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Active judges	Chief Judge: Stephen Clark (Missouri)  •  Henry Autrey  •  Brian C. Wimes  •  Sarah Pitlyk  •  Matthew Schelp  •  Maria Lanahan  •  Zachary Bluestone
Senior judges	Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr.  •  Jean Hamilton  •  Catherine Perry  •  E. Richard Webber  •  Rodney Sippel  •  Edward Filippine  •  Nanette Laughrey  •  Audrey Fleissig  •  John Ross (Missouri)  •
Magistrate judges	Patricia Cohen  •  Joseph S. Dueker  •  Shirley Mensah  •  Abbie S. Crites-Leoni  •  Noelle C. Collins  •  John Bodenhausen  •  Stephen Welby  •  Rodney Holmes  •
Former Article III judges	Carol Jackson  •  Charles Shaw (Missouri)  •  Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr.  •  Donald Stohr  •  John Nangle  •  Samuel Treat  •  Elmer Bragg Adams  •  Henry Samuel Priest  •  Amos Madden Thayer  •  David Patterson Dyer  •  Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg  •  Charles Breckenridge Faris  •  Roy Winfield Harper  •  Charles B. Davis (Missouri federal judge)  •  George Moore (Missouri)  •  John Collet  •  William Webster  •  Clyde Cahill  •  William Collinson  •  Richard Duncan (Missouri)  •  Joseph Stevens (Missouri)  •  Harris Wangelin  •  George Gunn  •  Rubey Hulen  •  William Hungate  •  James Meredith (Missouri)  •  John Regan  •  Randolph Weber  •  Ronnie L. White  •
Former Chief judges	Carol Jackson  •  Jean Hamilton  •  Catherine Perry  •  Rodney Sippel  •  Edward Filippine  •  John Nangle  •  Roy Winfield Harper  •  George Moore (Missouri)  •  Harris Wangelin  •  James Meredith (Missouri)  •