Lamar Cecil

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Years in office: 1954 - 1958

Education

Bachelor's

Rice Institute, 1923

Law

University of Texas School of Law, 1927

Personal

Birthplace

Houston, TX

Lamar John Ryan Cecil (1902-1958) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Cecil received arecess appointment from PresidentDwight Eisenhower to the Eastern District of Texas on August 31, 1954, to a new seat created by 68 Stat. 8; nominated on November 8, 1954; he was confirmed by the Senate on December 2, 1954, and received his commission onDecember 3rd. He served the Eastern District of Texas until his death onFebruary 14, 1958.^[1]

Early life and education

• Rice Institute, B.A., 1923
• University of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1927^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Beaumont, Texas, 1927-1954^[1]

Judicial career

Eastern District of Texas

Cecil received arecess appointment from PresidentDwight Eisenhower to the Eastern District of Texas on August 31, 1954, to a new seat created by 68 Stat. 8; nominated on November 8, 1954; he was confirmed by the Senate on December 2, 1954, and received his commission onDecember 3rd. He served the Eastern District of Texas until his death onFebruary 14, 1958.^[1]

External links

• Judge Cecil's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Active judges	Chief Judge: Amos Mazzant  •  Marcia Crone  •  James Gilstrap  •  Michael Truncale  •  Robert William Schroeder III  •  J. Campbell Barker  •  Jeremy Kernodle  •  Sean Jordan
Senior judges	Ron Clark  •  Richard Schell  •
Magistrate judges	John Love (Texas)  •  Zack Hawthorn  •  Roy Payne  •  Katie Nicole Mitchell  •  Kimberly Priest Johnson  •  Christine Stetson  •
Former Article III judges	John Charles Watrous  •  Amos Morrill  •  Joel Winch  •  Chauncey Brewer Sabin  •  Robert Parker  •  David Ezekiel Bryant  •  Gordon James Russell  •  William Lee Estes  •  Thad Heartfield  •  Leonard Davis  •  David Folsom  •  T. John Ward  •  William Justice  •  Randolph Bryant  •  Paul N. Brown (Texas)  •  Lamar Cecil  •  Howell Cobb  •  Joseph Fisher (Texas)  •  Sam Hall (Texas)  •  John H. Hannah (Texas)  •  Joseph Sheehy  •  William Steger  •
Former Chief judges	Robert Parker  •  Thad Heartfield  •  David Folsom  •  Richard Schell  •  William Justice  •  Joseph Fisher (Texas)  •  John H. Hannah (Texas)  •  Joseph Sheehy  •  James Gilstrap  •

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