Nelson McVicar

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Years in office: 1951 - 1960

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Years in office: 1928 - 1951

Education

Law

Read law, 1896

Nelson McVicar (1871-1960) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

He received a recess appointment from PresidentCalvin Coolidge on September 14, 1928 to replaceW. H. Seward Thomson.^[1] On December 6, 1928, he was nominated. He was confirmed by the Senate onDecember 17th, and received commission that same day. From 1949 to 1951, he was the chief judge. OnFebruary 1, 1951, he assumedsenior status. He served until his death onDecember 20, 1960. McVicar was succeeded in this position byWilliam Stewart.

Early life and education

• University of Michigan Law School
• Read law, 1896

Professional career

• Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1896-1925
• Borough solicitor, Tarentum Borough, Pennsylvania, 1896-1925
• Member, Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1914-1924
• Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 1925-1928

Judicial career

Western District of Pennsylvania

McVicar received a recess appointment from PresidentCalvin Coolidge on September 14, 1928 to replaceW. H. Seward Thomson.^[1] On December 6, 1928, he was nominated. He was confirmed by the Senate onDecember 17th, and received commission that same day. From 1949 to 1951, he was the chief judge. OnFebruary 1, 1951, he assumedsenior status. He served until his death onDecember 20, 1960. McVicar was succeeded in this position byWilliam Stewart.

External links

• Biography(dead link) from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byCalvin Coolidge
1923	Cochran
1924	Boynton •Davis •Dawkins, Sr. •Graham •Hand •Jones •Kennamer •Kerrigan •Martin •McCormick •Moorman •Pray •Young
1925	A. Anderson •H. Anderson •Baltzell •Beattie •Booth •Burns •Clark •Dawson •Foster •Henning •Hough •Johnson •McCamant •Meekins •Molyneaux •Moorman •Moscowitz •Otis •Parker •Raymond •Sanborn •Slick •St. Sure •Stone •Thacher • Van Valkenburgh
1926	Cavanah •Dietrich •Moss •Swan •Tilson
1927	Adler •Bryant •F. Coleman •W. Coleman •Hand •Hayes •Kirkpatrick •Letts •McNary •Moinet •Northcott •Tilson •Wham
1928	Borah •Burrows •Cline •Cotteral •Deaver •Dewey •Gordon •Green •Hahn •Hickenlooper •Hicks •Louderback •Martineau •McCarthy •McDermott •McVicar •Norcross •Sinnott •Taylor •Tilson •Vaught •West
1929	Akerman •Chase •Cox •Fake •Garrett •Nevin •Ritter •Woodward

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Former Article III judges	William Knox  •  Jonathan Hoge Walker  •  William Wilkins  •  Thomas Irwin  •  Wilson McCandless  •  Winthrop Welles Ketcham  •  Marcus Wilson Acheson  •  Joseph Weis (Third Circuit)  •  Brooks Smith  •  Thomas Hardiman  •  Joseph Buffington  •  Timothy Lewis (Pennsylvania)  •  James Hay Reed  •  Nathaniel Ewing  •  James Scott Young  •  Charles Prentiss Orr  •  W. H. Seward Thomson  •  Robert Murray Gibson  •  Alan Bloch  •  Maurice Cohill  •  Gustave Diamond  •  William Standish  •  Gary Lancaster  •  Terrence McVerry  •  Sean McLaughlin  •  Frederic Palen Schoonmaker  •  Nelson McVicar  •  Frederick Follmer  •  Carol Mansmann  •  Owen Burns  •  Robert Cindrich  •  Edward Dumbauld  •  Wallace Gourley  •  Rabe Marsh  •  Barron McCune  •  John McIlvaine  •  Glenn Mencer  •  John Lester Miller  •  Louis Rosenberg  •  Ralph Scalera  •  Daniel Snyder  •  Herbert Sorg  •  William Stewart (Pennsylvania)  •  Hubert Teitelbaum  •  Gerald Weber  •  Joseph Willson  •  Donald Ziegler  •  Donald Lee  •  Paul Simmons  •  Peter Phipps  •
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