Ronald Norwood Davies

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of North Dakota

Years in office: 1971 - 1996

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Years in office: 1955 - 1971

Education

Bachelor's

University of North Dakota, 1927

Law

Georgetown University Law Center, 1930

Personal

Birthplace

Crookston, MN

Robert Norwood Davies (1904-1996 ) was afederal judge for theUnited States District Court for the District of North Dakota.

Davies was nominated by PresidentDwight Eisenhower on June 21, 1955, to a seat vacated byCharles Vogel; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 22, 1955, and received his commission onJuly 27, 1955. He assumedsenior status onAugust 27, 1971. He served the District of North Dakota until his death onApril 18, 1996. Davies was succeeded in this position byPaul Benson.

Early life and education

• University of North Dakota, A.B., 1927
• Georgetown University Law School, LL.B., 1930

Professional career

• Private practice, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1930-1932
• Judge, Municipal Court of Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1932-1940
• Private practice, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1940-1942
• U.S. Army, 1942-1946
• Private practice, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1946-1955

Judicial career

District of North Dakota

Davies was nominated by PresidentDwight Eisenhower on June 21, 1955, to a seat vacated byCharles Vogel;^[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on July 22, 1955, and received his commission onJuly 27, 1955. He assumedsenior status onAugust 27, 1971. He served the District of North Dakota until his death onApril 18, 1996. Davies was succeeded in this position byPaul Benson.

External links

• Biography(dead link) from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of North Dakota
Active judges	•  Daniel Traynor  •  Peter Welte
Senior judges	Daniel Hovland  •  Patrick Conmy  •
Magistrate judges	Alice Senechal  •  Clare Hochhalter  •
Former Article III judges	Rodney Webb  •  Ralph Erickson  •  Bruce Marion Van Sickle  •  Paul Benson  •  Charles Fremont Amidon  •  Alfred Delavan Thomas  •  Andrew Miller (North Dakota)  •  Charles Joseph Vogel  •  Ronald Norwood Davies  •  George Register  •
Former Chief judges	Daniel Hovland  •  Patrick Conmy  •  Rodney Webb  •  Ralph Erickson  •  Paul Benson  •  Charles Joseph Vogel  •  George Register  •

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