James William Locke

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Years in office: 1872 - 1912

Education

Law

Read law, 1859

Personal

Birthplace

Wilmington, VT

James William Locke (1837-1922) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

He was nominated by PresidentUlysses Grant on January 15, 1872. He was confirmed by the Senate onFebruary 1, 1872, and received commission that same day.^[1] He retired onJuly 4, 1912.

Early life and education

• Read law, 1859

Professional career

• U.S. Navy Paymaster's Clerk, 1861-1865
• Private practice, Key West, Florida, 1865-1872
• County superintendent of education, Monroe County, Florida
• Clerk, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• Commissioner, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• Judge, Monroe County Court, Florida, 1868-1870
• Member, Florida State Senate, 1870-1872

Judicial nominations and appointments

Southern District of Florida

Locke was nominated by PresidentUlysses Grant on January 15, 1872. He was confirmed by the Senate onFebruary 1, 1872, and received commission that same day.^[1] He retired onJuly 4, 1912.

External links

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byUlysses Grant
1869	Dillon •Drummond •Gresham •Hillyer •McKennan •Shepley •Woodruff •Woods
1870	Blodgett •Bond •Bradley •Charles Daniel Drake •Emmons •Hopkins •Humphreys •Knowles •Longyear •MacArthur •Nixon •Sawyer •Strong •Winch
1871	Bradford •McKinney •Rives •Story •Swing
1872	Dick •Hunt •Locke •Morrill
1873	Howe •Shipman •Welker
1874	Foster •Hughes •Richarson •Waite •Wallace
1875	Brown •Bruce •Dyer •Johnson •Parker
1876 -77	Billings •Hallett •Ketcham •Settle

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Active judges	Chief Judge: Cecilia Altonaga  •  Jose E. Martinez (Florida)  •  Kevin M. Moore (Florida)  •  Donald Middlebrooks  •  William Dimitrouleas  •  Robin L. Rosenberg  •  Beth Bloom  •  Darrin P. Gayles  •  Kathleen M. Williams  •  Anuraag Singhal  •  Rodolfo Ruiz  •  Rodney Smith (Florida)  •  Edward Artau  •  Roy Altman  •  Aileen Cannon  •  Jacqueline Becerra  •  Melissa Damian  •  David Leibowitz (Florida)
Senior judges	Federico Moreno  •  James L. King  •  Jose Gonzalez (Florida)  •  Donald Graham  •  Daniel Hurley  •  Paul Huck  •  Patricia Seitz  •  William Zloch  •  Joan Lenard  •  Kenneth Marra  •  James Cohn  •  Robert N. Scola, Jr.  •
Magistrate judges	John O'Sullivan (Florida)  •  Edwin Torres  •  Chris McAliley  •  William C. Turnoff  •  Lurana S. Snow  •  Jonathan Goodman  •  Alicia Otazo-Reyes  •  William Matthewman  •  Alicia O. Valle  •  Patrick M. Hunt  •  Bruce Reinhart  •  Lauren Fleischer Louis  •  Jared Strauss  •  Shaniek Maynard  •  Lisette M. Reid  •
Former Article III judges	George C. Young  •  William Hoeveler  •  Kenneth Ryskamp  •  Alan Gold  •  Adalberto Jordan  •  Ursula Ungaro  •  James Paine (Florida)  •  Stanley Marcus  •  William Marvin  •  Thomas Jefferson Boynton (Florida)  •  Peter Fay  •  David Dyer  •  James William Locke  •  John McKinney (Florida)  •  John Moses Cheney  •  Rhydon Mays Call  •  Alexander Akerman  •  Lake Jones  •  Halsted Lockwood Ritter  •  Louie Willard Strum  •  John Warthen Holland  •  Joseph Lieb  •  William McRae  •  Curtis Waller  •  George Whitehurst  •  Sidney Aronovitz  •  Carl Atkins  •  Ted Cabot  •  Emett Choate  •  Edward Davis (Florida)  •  Dozier DeVane  •  Joseph Eaton  •  Wilkie Ferguson  •  Charles Fulton  •  James Kehoe  •  William Mehrtens  •  Lenore Nesbitt  •  Norman Roettger  •  Thomas Scott (Florida district court judge)  •  Eugene Spellman  •  Robin Rosenbaum  •  John Bryan Simpson  •  William Julius Barker  •  Alcee Hastings  •
Former Chief judges	Federico Moreno  •  James L. King  •  Kevin M. Moore (Florida)  •  William Zloch  •  David Dyer  •  Louie Willard Strum  •  John Warthen Holland  •  George Whitehurst  •  Carl Atkins  •  Edward Davis (Florida)  •  Joseph Eaton  •  Charles Fulton  •  Norman Roettger  •  John Bryan Simpson  •  William Julius Barker  •