George Gunn

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Years in office: 1996 - 1998

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Years in office: 1985 - 1996

Education

Bachelor's

Westminster College, 1950

Law

University of Washington School of Law, 1955

Personal

Birthplace

Fort Smith, AR

George F. Gunn, Jr. (1927-1998) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Gunn was nominated by PresidentRonald Reagan on April 17, 1985, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333; he was confirmed by the Senate on May 3, 1985, and received commission on May 10. He assumedsenior status onDecember 1, 1996, and served in that capacity until his death onMay 20, 1998. Gunn was succeeded in this position byHenry Autrey.

Early life and education

• Westminster College, A.B., 1950
• Washington University School of Law, J.D., 1955

Professional career

• U.S. Navy Seaman, 1945-1946
• Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 1955-1971
• Assistant general attorney, Wabash Railroad, St. Louis, Missouri, 1956-1958
• City attorney, Brentwood, Missouri, 1963-1971
• General attorney, Terminal Railroad Association, St. Louis, Missouri, 1968-1971
• Municipal judge, Rock Hill, Missouri, 1970-1971
• County counselor, St. Louis County, Missouri, 1971-1973
• Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals, 1973-1982
• Judge, Missouri Supreme Court, 1982-1985

Judicial nominations and appointments

Eastern District of Missouri

Gunn was nominated by PresidentRonald Reagan on April 17, 1985, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333;^[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on May 3, 1985, and received commission on May 10. He assumedsenior status onDecember 1, 1996, and served in that capacity until his death onMay 20, 1998. Gunn was succeeded in this position byHenry Autrey.

External links

• Biography(dead link) from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

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)  •

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1982	Acker •Acosta •Altimari •Bell •Bissell •Black •Bullock •Caldwell •Coffey •Contie •Coyle •Dowd •Fagg •Fong •Fox •Gadbois •Gibson •Ginsburg •Hart •Higginbotham •Hogan •Irving •Jackson •Jolly •Kanne •Kovachevich •Krupansky •Lynch •Mansmann •McNamara •Mencer •Mentz •Mihm •Moody •Nordberg •Paul •Pieras •Plunkett •Porfilio •Potter •Pratt •Rafeedie •Restani •Roberts •Scalia •Selya •Telesca •Wellford
1983	Baldock •Barbour •Barry •Bowman •Carman •Carter •Curran •Davis •Dorsey •Feldman •Fish •Flaum •Gibbons •Hallanan •Harris •Hinojosa •Hull •Hupp •Katz •Keenan •Kelly •Kram •Laffitte •Limbaugh, Sr. •Limbaugh, Sr. •Milburn •Nesbitt •Nevas •O'Neill •Rymer •Sharp •Starr •Vinson •Vukasin •Wexler • Woods
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1985	Alley •Altimari •Anderson •Aquilino •Archer •Arnold •Baldock •Batchelder •Battey •Broomfield •Brown •Brown •Brunetti •Buckley •Cobb •Conmy •Cowen •Davidson •Dimmick •Duff •Easterbrook •Edgar •Farnan •Fernandez •Fitzpatrick •Fuste •Greene •Gunn •Guy •Hall •Hilton •Holderman •Hughes •Johnson •Jones •Korman •Kozinski •La Plata •Leinenweber •Letts •Lovell •Ludwig •Maloney •Mansmann •Marcus •McDonald •Meredith •Miller •Mills •Miner •Motz •Nelson •Noonan •Porfilio •Revercomb •Rhoades •Ripple •Rodriguez •Rosenbaum •Roth •Ryan •Sam •Scott •Sentelle •Silberman •Sporkin •Stanton •Stapleton •Strand •Strom •Tacha •Tevrizian •Thompson •Todd •Tsoucalas •Walker •Walter •Weber •Williams •Wilson •Wingate •Wolf •Wollman •Young •Zloch
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1987	Alesia •Beam •Bell •Conboy •Cowen •Cummings •Daronco •Doty •Dwyer •Ebel •Ellis •Gadola •Gawthrop •Greenberg •Harrington •Howard •Hoyt •Hutchinson •Kanne •Kelly •Larimer •Leavy •Lew •Marsh •Mayer •McKinney •Michel •Mukasey •Musgrave •Niemeyer •Parker •Phillips •Politan •Pro •Raggi •Reasoner •Reed •Scirica •Sentelle • Smith •Smith •Stadtmueller •Standish •Tinder •Torres •Trott •Turner •Van Antwerpen •Voorhees •Webb •Whipple •Wolin •Wolle •Wood •Zagel
1988	Arcara •Babcock •Brorby •Butler •Cambridge •Camp •Conlon •Cox •Dubois •Duhe •Ezra •Forester •Friedman •Garza •Hutton •Jordan •Kennedy •Lake •Lamberth •Lifland •Lozano •Marovich •Nygaard •Patterson •Schell •Smith •Smith •Tilley •Waldman •Zilly