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Delmas Hill

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Delmas Hill
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Prior offices:
United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
Years in office: 1977 - 1989

Years in office: 1961 - 1977

United States District Court for the District of Kansas
Years in office: 1950 - 1961
Education
Law
Washburn University Law, 1929
Personal
Birthplace
Wamego, KS


Delmas Carl Hill was afederal judge on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. He joined the court in 1961 after being nominated by PresidentJohn F. Kennedy.[1] Hill died on December 2nd, 1989.

Education

Hill received hisLL.B. from Washburn College in 1929.[1]

Professional career

  • 1946-1949: Attorney in private practice
  • 1943-1946: U.S. Army JAG Corps
  • 1937-1943: City attorney for Wamego, Kansas
  • 1937-1939: General counsel, Kansas State Tax Commission
  • 1934-1936: U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas
  • 1931-1934: County attorney,Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  • 1929-1934: City attorney, Wamego, Kansas[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Tenth Circuit

Hill was nominated to theTenth Circuit by PresidentJohn F. Kennedy on September 14, 1961, to a new seat created by 75 Stat. 80. He was confirmed by the Senate on September 21, 1961, and received his commission onSeptember 22nd. He assumedsenior status onApril 1, 1977, and served in that capacity until his death onDecember 2, 1989.[1]

District of Kansas

Hill received arecess appointment to theUnited States District Court for the District of Kansas from PresidentHarry Truman on October 21, 1949, to a new seat created by 63 Stat. 493. He was nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the Senate on March 8, 1950, and received his commission onMarch 9th. He served aschief judge from 1957 until leaving for the Tenth Circuit Court of AppealsSeptember 28, 1961.[1] Hill was succeeded in this position by JudgeWesley Brown.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by:
NA-New Seat
District of Kansas
1950–1961
Seat #2
Succeeded by:
Wesley Brown
Preceded by:
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Tenth Circuit
1961–1977
Succeeded by:
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Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Active judges

Chief JudgeJerome HolmesChief JudgeTimothy Tymkovich  •  Allison Eid  •  Harris Hartz  •  Carolyn McHugh  •  Nancy Moritz  •  Robert Bacharach  •  Scott Matheson (Utah)  •  Gregory Alan Phillips  •  Joel Carson  •  Veronica Rossman  •  Richard Federico

Senior judges

Terrence O'Brien  •  Michael R. Murphy (Federal judge)  •  Carlos Lucero  •  Mary Briscoe  •  Paul Kelly (United States Court of Appeals judge)  •  David Ebel  •  Wade Brorby  •  Bobby Baldock  •  Stephen Anderson  •  John Porfilio  •  Stephanie Seymour  •  

Former judgesWilliam E. Doyle (Colorado)  •  Neil Gorsuch  •  Robert Henry  •  Deanell Tacha  •  Michael McConnell (federal appeals judge)  •  William Holloway  •  Robert McWilliams  •  James E. Barrett (Federal judge)  •  John Hazelton Cotteral  •  Robert E. Lewis (Colorado judge)  •  Robert Williams (Oklahoma)  •  Orie Leon Phillips  •  George Thomas McDermott  •  Sam Gilbert Bratton  •  Alfred Murrah  •  Walter Huxman  •  David Thomas Lewis  •  Jean Breitenstein  •  Delmas Hill  •  John Hickey  •  James Logan  •  John Pickett  •  Oliver Seth  •  
Former Chief judges

Mary Briscoe  •  Robert Henry  •  Deanell Tacha  •  Stephanie Seymour  •  Monroe McKay  •  William Holloway  •  Orie Leon Phillips  •  Sam Gilbert Bratton  •  Alfred Murrah  •  David Thomas Lewis  •  Oliver Seth  •  


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1961

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Active judges

Chief JudgeEric MelgrenChief JudgeJohn Broomes  •  Holly Lou Teeter  •  Toby Crouse

Senior judges

Kathryn Vratil  •  Monti Belot  •  John Lungstrum  •  Julie Robinson  •  Daniel D. Crabtree  •  

Magistrate judgesJames O'Hara (Kansas)  •  Kenneth Gale  •  Teresa J. James  •  Gwynne Birzer  •  Angel Mitchell  •  
Former Article III judges

Wesley Brown  •  Sam Crow  •  John Marten  •  Carlos Murguia  •  Mark W. Delahay  •  Archibald Williams  •  Cassius Gaius Foster  •  William Cather Hook  •  John Calvin Pollock  •  George Thomas McDermott  •  Richard Joseph Hopkins  •  Guy Helvering  •  Delmas Hill  •  Patrick Kelly (Kansas)  •  Arthur Mellott  •  Earl O'Connor  •  Dale Saffels  •  Arthur Stanley  •  Henry Templar  •  Frank Theis  •  George VanBebber  •  

Former Chief judges

Wesley Brown  •  John Lungstrum  •  Julie Robinson  •  Delmas Hill  •  Patrick Kelly (Kansas)  •  Arthur Mellott  •  Earl O'Connor  •  Arthur Stanley  •  Frank Theis  •  George VanBebber  •  


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