Herbert Christenberry

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Years in office: 1947 - 1975

Education

Law

Loyola University New Orleans Law, 1924

Personal

Birthplace

New Orleans, LA

Herbert William Christenberry (1897-1975) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Christenberry was nominated by PresidentHarry Truman on July 11, 1947, to a seat vacated by Adrian J. Caillouet; he was confirmed by the Senate on December 18, 1947, and received commission onDecember 20, 1947. From 1949 to 1967, he served as thechief judge. He served the Eastern District of Louisiana until his death onOctober 5, 1975.^[1] Christenberry was succeeded in this position byCharles Schwartz.

Early life and education

• New York University
• Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, LL.B., 1924^[1]

Professional career

• U.S. Navy, 1917-1918
• Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1924-1933
• Assistant attorney, Board of Commissioners, Port of New Orleans, Louisiana, 1933-1935
• Deputy commissioner, Louisiana Debt Moratorium Commission, 1935
• Assistant district attorney, Parish of Orleans, Louisiana, 1935-1937
• Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1937-1942
• U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1942-1947^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Eastern District of Louisiana

Christenberry was nominated by PresidentHarry Truman on July 11, 1947, to a seat vacated by Adrian J. Caillouet; he was confirmed by the Senate on December 18, 1947, and received commission onDecember 20, 1947]]. From 1949-1967, he served as thechief judge. He served the Eastern District of Louisiana until his death onOctober 5, 1975.^[1] Christenberry was succeeded in this position byCharles Schwartz.

See also

• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

External links

• Judge Christenberry's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Active judges	Chief Judge: Wendy Vitter  •  Greg Guidry  •  Jay Zainey  •  Jane Triche-Milazzo  •  Nannette Jolivette Brown  •  Susie Morgan  •  William J. Crain  •  Barry Ashe  •  Darrel Papillion  •  Brandon Long (Louisiana)
Senior judges	Sarah Vance (Louisiana)  •  Eldon Fallon  •  Mary Ann Lemmon  •  Ivan Lemelle  •  Carl Barbier  •  Lance Africk  •
Magistrate judges	Karen Wells Roby  •  Michael B. North  •  Janis van Meerveld  •  Donna Phillips Currault  •
Former Article III judges	Thomas Porteous  •  John Dick  •  Thomas Bolling Robertson  •  Samuel Hadden Harper  •  Philip Kissick Lawrence  •  Theodore Howard McCaleb  •  Edward Henry Durell  •  Edward Coke Billings  •  Edith Clement  •  Alvin Rubin  •  Charles Parlange  •  Rufus Edward Foster  •  Eugene Davis Saunders  •  Helen Berrigan  •  Martin Feldman  •  Frederick Heebe  •  A.J. McNamara  •  Kurt Engelhardt  •  Charles Schwartz  •  Peter Beer  •  Marcel Livaudais  •  Charlton Reid Beattie  •  Wayne Borah  •  Louis Henry Burns  •  Robert Ainsworth  •  George Arceneaux  •  Edward Boyle  •  Adrian Caillouet  •  Patrick Carr (Louisiana)  •  Fred Cassibry  •  Herbert Christenberry  •  Robert Collins  •  James Comiskey  •  Adrian Duplantier  •  Frank Ellis  •  Jack M. Gordon  •  Okla Jones  •  Henry Mentz  •  Lansing Mitchell  •  Morey Sear  •  Elmer West  •  Roger West (Louisiana)  •  Veronica Wicker  •  James Wright (Louisiana)  •
Former Chief judges	Edith Clement  •  Helen Berrigan  •  Sarah Vance (Louisiana)  •  Frederick Heebe  •  A.J. McNamara  •  Herbert Christenberry  •  Morey Sear  •  Elmer West  •  Nannette Jolivette Brown  •

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1947	Bryan, Sr. •Christenberry •Clifford •Collet •Dooley •Harper •Howell •Johnson •Jones •Lemmon •Medina •Rayfiel •Ryan • Thomason
1948	Harper •Henderson •Johnson •Kaufman •Proctor •Rao •Stephens •Tamm
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1950	Bastian •Byrne, Sr. •Carter •Knous •Marsh •Murphy •Simpson •Staley •Steckler •Strum •Wallace •Weinfeld •Whitehurst •Worley
1951	Dimock •Edelstein •Hartigan •Hartshorne •Leahy •Lindberg •McNamee •Medina •Modarelli •Murphy •Perry •Rives •Sheehy •Sloan •Stewart •Thomas •Tolin •Youngdahl
1952	Cole •Friedman •Williams •