Robert Tehan

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Years in office: 1971 - 1975

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Years in office: 1949 - 1971

Education

Bachelor's

Marquette University, 1927

Law

Marquette University Law School, 1929

Personal

Birthplace

Milwaukee, WI

Robert Emmet Tehan (1905-1975) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.^[1]

Tehan was nominated by PresidentHarry Truman on April 5, 1949, to a seat vacated byFrancis Duffy; he was confirmed by the Senate on May 17, 1949, and received his commission onMay 19, 1949. From 1954-1971, he served as thechief judge. He assumedsenior status onJune 30, 1971. He served the Eastern District of Wisconsin until his death onNovember 27, 1975.^[1] Tehan was succeeded in this position byRobert Warren.

Early life and education

• Marquette University, A.B., 1927
• Marquette University Law School, LL.B., 1929^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Wisconsin, 1930-1949
• Member, Wisconsin State Assembly, 1937-1942
• Member, Wisconsin State Senate, 1942-1948^[1]

Judicial career

Eastern District of Wisconsin

Tehan was nominated by PresidentHarry Truman on April 5, 1949, to a seat vacated byFrancis Duffy; he was confirmed by the Senate on May 17, 1949, and received his commission onMay 19, 1949. From 1954-1971, he served as thechief judge. He assumedsenior status onJune 30, 1971. He served the Eastern District of Wisconsin until his death onNovember 27, 1975.^[1] Tehan was succeeded in this position byRobert Warren.

External links

• Judge Tehan's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Active judges	•  Joseph Stadtmueller  •  Lynn Adelman  •  Pamela Pepper  •  Brett H. Ludwig  •  Byron Conway
Senior judges	William Griesbach  •
Magistrate judges	Nancy Joseph  •  William E. Duffin  •  Stephen Dries  •
Former Article III judges	Charles Clevert  •  Thomas Curran  •  Terence Evans  •  Andrew Galbraith Miller  •  Charles Dyer  •  James Henry Howe  •  James Graham Jenkins (Wisconsin)  •  William Henry Seaman  •  Joseph Very Quarles  •  Ferdinand August Geiger  •  Francis Duffy  •  Kenneth Grubb  •  John Reynolds (Wisconsin)  •  Robert Tehan  •  Robert Warren  •  Myron Gordon  •
Former Chief judges	Rudolph Randa  •  Charles Clevert  •  Joseph Stadtmueller  •  William Griesbach  •  Terence Evans  •  John Reynolds (Wisconsin)  •  Robert Tehan  •  Robert Warren  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byHarry Truman
1945	Burton •Clark •Donovan •Gilliam •Gourley •Holtzoff •Koscinski •Madden •Mathes •Mellott •S. Miller •W. Miller •Mollison •O'Connell •Orr •Prettyman •Rice
1946	Curran •Driver •Follmer •Harris •Kalodner •Kampf •Keech •Levin •Lynne •McGranery •Murphy •Rodney •Scarlett •Shelbourne •Speakman •Starr •Vinson •Weinberger
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
1949	Allred •Andrews •Bazelon •Borah •Burns •Carter •Clark •Clary •Conger •Connally •Duffy •Erskine •Fahy •Finnegan •Foley •Ford •Gibson •Grim •Hastie •Hatch •Hill •Hooper •Kaufman •Kirkland •Lindley •Matthews •McCarthy •McGohey •McLaughlin •Minton •Murray •Noonan •Pickett •Platt •Pope •Ritter •Russell •Solomon •Sugarman •Swaim •Switzer •Taylor •Tehan •Thornton •Warlick •Washington •Westover •Wright
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 •