Harry Blackmun

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

Supreme Court of the United States

Years in office: 1994 - 1999

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Years in office: 1970 - 1994

Successor:Stephen Breyer (Nonpartisan)

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United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit

Years in office: 1959 - 1970

Education

Bachelor's

Harvard, 1929

Law

Harvard Law, 1932

Personal

Birthplace

Nashville, IL

Harry Andrew Blackmun (1908 - 1999) was an Associate Justice on theSupreme Court of the United States. He joined the court in 1970 after being nominated by PresidentRichard Nixon. He assumedsenior status on August 3, 1994, and served until his death on March 4, 1999. At the time of nomination, Blackmun was a judge for theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.^[1]

Blackmun was one of six justices nominated to the Supreme Court by President Nixon, though only four were confirmed. Blackmun served duringThe Burger Court andThe Rehnquist Court.^[2]

Education

Blackmun received his undergraduate and LL.B. degrees from Harvard College and Harvard Law School.^[1]

Professional career

• 1950-1959: Counsel, Mayo Organizations, Rochester, Minnesota
• 1934-1950: Attorney in private practice, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1932-1933: Law clerk for Hon.John Benjamin Sanborn on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Supreme Court

Justice Blackmun was nominated to theSupreme Court by President Richard M. Nixon on April 15, 1970, to a seat vacated by JusticeAbe Fortas. Blackmun was confirmed by the Senate on May 12, 1970, and received his commission on May 14, 1970. He assumedsenior status on August 3, 1994, and served until his death on March 4, 1999.^[1] He was succeeded to this post by JusticeStephen Breyer.

Eighth Circuit

Blackmun was nominated to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit by PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower on August 18, 1959, to a seat vacated by JusticeJohn Benjamin Sanborn. Blackmun was confirmed by the Senate on September 14, 1959, and received his commission on September 21, 1959. His service on the court ended on June 8, 1970, when he was appointed to the Supreme Court.^[1] He was succeeded to this post by JusticeDonald Ross.

See also

• Supreme Court of the United States

External links

• Blackmun Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Justices of theSupreme Court of the United States
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Former associate justices	O'Connor •Baldwin •Barbour •Black •Blackmun •Blair •Blatchford •Bradley •Brandeis •Brennan •Brewer •Brown •Burton •Butler •Byrnes •Campbell •Cardozo •Catron •Chase •Clark •Clarke •Clifford •Curtis •Cushing •Daniel •Davis •Day •Douglas •Duvall •Field •Fortas •Frankfurter •Ginsburg •Goldberg •Gray •Grier •Harlan I •Harlan II •Holmes •Hunt •Iredell •H. Jackson •R. Jackson •T. Johnson •W. Johnson, Jr. •J. Lamar •L. Lamar •Livingston •Lurton •Marshall •Matthews •McKenna •McKinley •McLean •McReynolds •Miller •Minton •Moody •Moore •Murphy •Nelson •Paterson •Peckham •Pitney •Powell •Reed •Roberts •W. Rutledge •Sanford •Scalia •Shiras •Stevens •Stewart •Story •Strong •Sutherland •Swayne •Thompson •Todd •Trimble •Van Devanter •Washington •Wayne •B. White •Whittaker •Wilson •Woodbury •Woods

v • e Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Active judges	Chief Judge: Steven Colloton  •  Lavenski Smith  •  Ralph Erickson  •  Bobby Shepherd  •  James Loken  •  Raymond Gruender  •  William D. Benton  •  David Stras  •  Jane Kelly  •  Steven Grasz  •  Jonathan Kobes
Senior judges	David R. Hansen  •  Morris Arnold  •  Roger Wollman  •  Pasco Bowman  •  Arlen Beam  •  Michael Melloy  •
Former judges	Myron Bright  •  Diana Murphy  •  William Riley (Eighth Circuit)  •  Henry Clay Caldwell  •  George Fagg  •  Elmer Bragg Adams  •  John Emmett Carland  •  Amos Madden Thayer  •  Walter Henry Sanborn  •  William Cather Hook  •  John Hazelton Cotteral  •  Robert E. Lewis (Colorado judge)  •  Willis Van Devanter  •  Walter Inglewood Smith  •  Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh  •  Wilbur Franklin Booth  •  Charles Breckenridge Faris  •  Kimbrough Stone  •  Joseph William Woodrough  •  William Squire Kenyon  •  John Benjamin Sanborn  •  John D. Kelly  •  Archibald Gardner  •  Seth Thomas  •  John Collet  •  Charles Joseph Vogel  •  Jesse Henley  •  Roy Stephenson  •  William Webster  •  Floyd Gibson  •  Albert Ridge  •  Charles Whittaker  •  Harvey Johnsen  •  Harry Blackmun  •  Gerald Heaney  •  Donald Lay  •  Marion Matthes  •  Theodore McMillian  •  Pat Mehaffy  •  Walter Riddick  •  Martin Van Oosterhout  •  Donald Ross  •
Former Chief judges	Lavenski Smith  •  David R. Hansen  •  Morris Arnold  •  Roger Wollman  •  James Loken  •  Pasco Bowman  •  William Riley (Eighth Circuit)  •  Archibald Gardner  •  Charles Joseph Vogel  •  Floyd Gibson  •  Harvey Johnsen  •  Donald Lay  •  Marion Matthes  •  Pat Mehaffy  •  Martin Van Oosterhout  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byRichard Nixon
1969	Adams •Barlow •Battin •Brooks •Burger •Carswell •Clark •Garth •Gibbons •Goodwin •Hannum •Herman •Ingraham •Kilkenny •Lane •Levin •MacKinnon •McFadden •Middlebrooks •Parker •Robb •Trask •Widener •Wilkins •Williams •Wright
1970	Becker •Blackmun •Bogue •Bratcher •Bue •Conti •Cox •Ditter •Dupree •Eisele •Engel •Fay •Feikens •Fisher •Frey •Gorbey •Hill •Huyett •Kelleher •Kennedy •Kent •King •Kitchen •Knapp •Knox •Krupansky •McCune •McGarr •McWilliams •Mechem •J. Miller •W. Miller •Morton •Moye •Muir •O'Kelley •Oakes •Pell •Pointer •Pratt •Roney •Rosenn •Ross •Schnacke •Scott •Stapleton •Steger •Stevens •Teitelbaum •Thompson •Tjoflat •Toledo •Turrentine •Urbom •VanArtsdalen •Walinski •Wallace •Wangelin •Webster •Weis •Wellford •Wilkey •Winner •Wood
1971	Alaimo •Allen •A. Anderson •J. Anderson •Barrett •Bauer •Bauman •Benson •Blair •Blatt •Boe •Brieant •Broderick •Bryan Jr. •Byrne •Campbell •Chapman •Choy •Contie •Costantino •DeMascio •Denney •Dier •Doyle •Field •Finesilver •Flannery •Freeman •Gagliardi •Goodwin •Gordon •Green •Gurfein •Hall •Hand •Hodges •Holden •Hunter •Kunzig •Lacey •Lucas •Lydick •Mansfield •McGovern •McLaren •McMillen •Mulligan •Murray •Neaher •Newcomer •Newman •Nielsen •O'Connor •Oakes •Pierce •Powell •Rehnquist •Renfrew •Richey •Rosen •Rubin •Russell •Scalera •Sharp •Sprecher •Stephenson •Stuart •Timbers •Tone •Sickle •Varner •R. West •Williams • Young
1972	Bechtle •Bennett •Burns •Campbell •Carter •Coffrin •Duffy •Enright •Foreman •Freedman •Griesa •Hermansdorfer •Joiner •Kashiwa •King •Knapp •Lively •Mahon •Markey •Neill •Owens •Pesquera •Roettger •Skopil, Jr. •Stewart •Tauro •Turk •Wallace •H. Ward •R. Ward •Widener
1973	Biunno •Conner •Engel •Fogel •Garth •Gee •Guin •Hancock •Harvey •Marshall •Miller •Nangle •Owen •Reed •Schatz •Sharp •Skinner •Sneed •Snyder •Stern •Webster •Weis •Wood
1974	Alsop •Duncan •Firth •Gurfein •Hill •Matsch •McGlynn •Meanor •Miles •Morris •Orrick •Platt •Porter •Schwartz •Stagg •Tone •Voorhees •Warren •Warriner •Werker

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