Herbert Boreman

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit

Years in office: 1971 - 1982

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Years in office: 1959 - 1971

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United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia

Years in office: 1954 - 1959

Education

Law

West Virginia University College of Law, 1920

Personal

Birthplace

Middlebourne, WV

Herbert Stephenson Boreman (1897-1982) was afederal judge on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit and theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.^[1] Boreman passed away onMarch 26, 1982.^[1]

Early life and education

• West Virginia University College of Law, LL.B., 1920^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1920-1923, 1927-1929, 1932-1954
• Assistant U.S. attorney, 1923-1927
• Divorce commissioner, Wood County Circuit Court, West Virginia, 1923-1927
• Prosecuting attorney, Wood County, West Virginia, 1929-1932
• West Virginia state senator, 1942-1950^[1][1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Fourth Circuit

Boreman was nominated to the Fourth Circuit by PresidentDwight Eisenhower on January 20, 1959, to a seat vacated byJohn Johnston Parker; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 16, 1959, and received his commission onJune 17th. He assumedsenior status onJune 15, 1971, and served the Fourth Circuit in that capacity until his death onMarch 26, 1982.^[1]

Northern District of West Virginia

Boreman was nominated to the Northern District of West Virginia by PresidentDwight Eisenhower on June 22, 1954, to a seat vacated byWilliam Eli Baker; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 21, 1954, and received his commission onJuly 22nd. He served the this court until hisJune 22, 1959, elevation to the Fourth Circuit.^[1] Boreman was succeeded in this position byCharles Paul.

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 who have served theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
Active judges	Chief Judge: Gina Marie Groh  •  John Bailey (West Virginia)  •  Thomas Kleeh
Senior judges	Frederick Stamp  •  Irene Keeley  •
Magistrate judges	Michael Aloi  •
Former Article III judges	John Jay Jackson  •  Alston Gordon Dayton  •  Robert Maxwell  •  William Eli Baker  •  Harry Watkins  •  Herbert Boreman  •  W. Craig Broadwater  •  Sidney Christie  •  Charles Haden II  •  William Kidd  •  Charles Paul  •
Former Chief judges	John Bailey (West Virginia)  •  Robert Maxwell  •  Frederick Stamp  •  Irene Keeley  •  William Eli Baker  •  Harry Watkins  •  Charles Paul  •

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