Joseph William Woodrough

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit

Years in office: 1961 - 1977

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Years in office: 1933 - 1961

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United States District Court for the District of Nebraska

Years in office: 1916 - 1933

Education

Bachelor's

Heidelburg University

Law

Read law, 1893

Personal

Birthplace

Cincinnati, OH

Joseph William Woodrough (1873-1977) was afederal judge on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. Woodrough was previously afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of Nebraska.

Early life and education

• Heidelburg University
• Read law, 1893^[1]

Professional career

• Judge,Ward County Court,Texas, 1894-1896
• County attorney,Ward County, Texas, 1897
• Private practice, Omaha,Nebraska, 1898-1916^[1]

Judicial career

Eighth Circuit

Woodrough was nominated by PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt on April 3, 1933 to fill the seat vacated byArba Seymour Van Valkenburgh. He was confirmed by the Senate onApril 12th, and received commission that same day. OnJanuary 3, 1961, he assumedsenior status. He served in this capacity until his death onOctober 2, 1977. Joseph Woodrough was the oldest and longest serving federal judge.^[2]

District of Nebraska

Woodrough was previously afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of Nebraska.

He was nominated by PresidentWoodrow Wilson on March 13, 1916 to fill the seat vacated byWilliam Munger. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 31st, and received commission onApril 3rd. He served on this court untilApril 12, 1933, when he was appointed to the Eighth Circuit.^[1] Woodrough was succeeded in this position byJames Donohoe.

External links

• Joseph William Woodrough's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

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 who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Nebraska
Active judges	Chief Judge: Robert F. Rossiter, Jr.  •  Susan Bazis  •  Brian Buescher
Senior judges	John Gerrard  •  Joseph Bataillon  •
Magistrate judges	Michael Nelson (Nebraska)  •
Former Article III judges	Laurie Smith Camp  •  Richard Kopf  •  Lyle Strom  •  Warren Urbom  •  William Cambridge  •  Arlen Beam  •  Elmer Scipio Dundy  •  William Douglas McHugh  •  William Henry Munger  •  Thomas Charles Munger  •  Joseph William Woodrough  •  James Donohoe  •  Thomas Shanahan  •  John Delehant  •  Robert Denney  •  Richard Dier  •  Albert Schatz  •  Robert Van Pelt  •  Richard Robinson (Nebraska)  •
Former Chief judges	John Gerrard  •  Joseph Bataillon  •  Laurie Smith Camp  •  Richard Kopf  •  Lyle Strom  •  Warren Urbom  •  William Cambridge  •  Arlen Beam  •  James Donohoe  •  John Delehant  •  Richard Robinson (Nebraska)  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byWoodrow Wilson
1913	Bingham •Brown •Call •Campbell •Dooling •Neterer •Rogers •Sawtelle •Sullivan •Thomas •Woods
1914	Bledsoe •Booth •Clarke •Clayton •Covington •Dickinson •Haight •Hand •McCoy •McReynolds •Siddons •Thomson •Walker •Woolley
1915	Downey •Howe •Lambdin •Trippet • Wade
1916	Alschuler •Brandeis •Davis •Evans •Hay •Hitz •Hough •J. Johnson •T. Johnson •Manton •Stone •West •Woodrough
1917	Adamson •Batts •Ervin •Evans •Jack •C. Johnson •Neblett •Smith •Smyth •Westenhaver
1918	Anderson •Bailey •English •FitzHenry •Garvin •Holmes •Hutcheson •Knox •Manton •McCoy •Williams
1919	Donahue •Faris •Graham •Haight •Lynch •Morris •Page •Peck •Sibley •Watkins •Webb •Weller •Wilson
1920	Bodine •Bryan •Cooper •Davis •Estes •King

v • e Federal judges nominated byFranklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1940)
1933	Bell •Bratton •Donohoe •FitzHenry •Garrecht •Keefe •Ragon •Stone •Woodrough
1934	Allen •Bowen •Holly •Hulbert •Long •Major •Myers •Rippey •Sullivan
1935	Baldwin •Denman •Faris •Ford •Hamilton •Haney •Holmes •Mahoney •Martin •Mathews •McDuffie •Moore •Roche •A. L. Stephens •H. M. Stephens •Sweeney • Yankwich
1936	Abruzzo •Clancy •Davidson •Davis •Holland •Lederle •Leibell •Ling •Mandelbaum •Maris •Pollard •Thomas •Underwood
1937	Adair •Biggs •Black •Burke •Collet •Druffel •Edgerton •Groner •Healy •Jackson •Jenney •Kloeb •Major •McColloch •Miller •Mize •Murrah •Rice •Stephens •Sullivan •Swinford •Treanor •Trimble •Vinson •Watkins •Williams •Wyche
1938	Clark •Conger •Ford •Hamilton •Laws •Maris •McCord •Murphree •Reed
1939	Allred •Arant •Beaumont •Biddle •Black •Clark •Darr •Davies •Dobie •Douglas •Duffy •Frankfurter •Goldsborough •Huxman •Igoe •Jones •Kalodner •Kerner, Sr. •Lemley •Lumpkin •Magruder •Miller •Morris •Picard •Porterie •Roberts •Rutledge •Walker •Welsh •Whaley •Whitaker •Wilkin
1940	Bard •Barker •Barksdale •Boyd •Broaddus •Caillouet •Campbell •Dobie •Ganey •Goodrich •Harrison •Hartigan •Johnsen •Jones •Leamy •Mahoney •Martin •Murphy •Murrah •O'Connor •Oliver •Pine •Russell •Savage •Schwellenbach •Walker •Waller

v • e Federal judges nominated byFranklin Delano Roosevelt (1941-1945)
1941	Bright •Byrnes •Eicher •Frank •Freed •Healey •Jackson •Leahy •Leavy •Lovett •Madden •McAllister •McGuire •Miller •Minton •Moore •Riddick •Rifkind •J. Smith •W. Smith •Stone •Timmerman •Vogel •Waring •Woodbury •Wyzanski
1942	Brennan •Cole •Delehant •Ekwall •Goodman •Hall •Hannay •Keeling •Meaney
1943	Arnold •Chandler •Clark •Duncan •Helvering •Hulen •Lawrence •Lee •McLaughlin •Mullins •Rutledge •Swygert • Waller
1944	Bone •Connor •Graven •Hutcheson •Kennedy •LaBuy •O'Connell •Schweinhaut •Shaw
1945	Brown •Davis •Foley •Laws •Ridge