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Wade Hampton McCree, Jr.

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Wade Hampton McCree Jr.
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Nonpartisan
Prior offices:
United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
Years in office: 1966 - 1977

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Years in office: 1961 - 1966
Education
Bachelor's
Fisk University, 1941
Law
Harvard Law School, 1944
Personal
Birthplace
Des Moines, IA

This page is about the federal judge for theSixth Circuit. If you are looking for information on theMichigan circuit court judge, please seeWade Harper McCree.



Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. (1920 - 1987) was a judge for theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.[1] He died in 1987.[2]

Early life and education

  • Fisk University, A.B., 1941
  • Harvard Law School,LL.B, 1944[1]

Professional career

  • U.S. Army Captain, 1942-1946
  • Private practice, Detroit, Michigan, 1948-1952
  • Commissioner, Workmen's Compensation Commission, State of Michigan, 1952-1954
  • Judge,Circuit Court of Wayne County,Michigan, 1954-1961
  • Solicitor General of the United States, 1977-1981
  • Faculty, University of Michigan Law School, 1981-1987[1]

Judicial career

Sixth Circuit

McCree was nominated to theSixth Circuit byLyndon Johnson on August 16, 1966 to a seat created by 80 Stat. 75. He was confirmed by the Senate onSeptember 7, 1966 and received his commission that same day. He resigned onMarch 28, 1977.[1]

Eastern District of Michigan

McCree was previously a judge for theEastern District of Michigan. He was nominated to this position byJohn F. Kennedy on September 18, 1961 to a seat created by 75 Stat. 80. He was confirmed by the Senate on September 23 and received his commission onSeptember 29th. He served on this court untilSeptember 13, 1966.[1] McCree was succeeded in this position byLawrence Gubow.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by:
NA - new seat
Eastern District of Michigan
1961–1966
Seat #8
Succeeded by:
Lawrence Gubow
Preceded by:
NA - new seat
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
1966–1977
Succeeded by:
Damon Keith


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Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Active judges

Chief JudgeJeffrey Sutton  •  Raymond Kethledge  •  Amul Thapar  •  Eric Clay  •  Richard Griffin  •  Karen Moore  •  Joan Larsen  •  Stephanie Dawkins Davis  •  John K. Bush  •  John Nalbandian  •  Eric Murphy  •  Chad Readler  •  Andre Mathis  •  Rachel Bloomekatz  •  Kevin Ritz

Senior judges

Helene White  •  Alice Batchelder  •  Ralph Guy  •  James L. Ryan  •  Alan Norris  •  Richard Suhrheinrich  •  Martha Daughtrey  •  David McKeague  •  Deborah Cook  •  Julia Gibbons  •  John M. Rogers (Sixth Circuit)  •  Ronald Gilman  •  Danny Boggs  •  R. Guy Cole  •  Eugene Siler  •  Jane Stranch  •  

Former judgesDamon Keith  •  Bernice Donald  •  Gilbert Merritt  •  Cornelia Kennedy  •  Boyce Martin  •  Julian William Mack  •  Harry Wellford  •  Robert Krupansky  •  Leroy Contie  •  Herbert Milburn  •  Albert Engel  •  Pierce Lively  •  Halmer Hull Emmons  •  John Baxter  •  William E. Miller  •  Howell Edmunds Jackson  •  William Howard Taft  •  Horace Harmon Lurton  •  Henry Franklin Severens  •  William Rufus Day  •  Loyal Edwin Knappen  •  John Kelvey Richards  •  Arthur Carter Denison  •  John Wesley Warrington  •  Maurice Donahue  •  John Weld Peck  •  Smith Hickenlooper  •  Xenophon Hicks  •  Charles Casper Simons  •  Charles Harwood Moorman  •  Florence Ellinwood Allen  •  Elwood Hamilton  •  John Donelson Martin (Federal appeals court judge)  •  Herschel Arant  •  Shackelford Miller  •  Wade Hampton McCree, Jr.  •  Henry Brooks  •  Clifford O'Sullivan  •  Paul Weick  •  Lester Cecil  •  John Peck II  •  Bailey Brown  •  Anthony Celebrezze  •  Bertram Combs  •  George Edwards (Sixth Circuit)  •  Thomas McAllister  •  Nathaniel Jones (federal judge)  •  Susan Neilson  •  Harry Phillips  •  David Aldrich Nelson  •  
Former Chief judges

Alice Batchelder  •  Gilbert Merritt  •  Boyce Martin  •  Danny Boggs  •  Albert Engel  •  Pierce Lively  •  R. Guy Cole  •  Xenophon Hicks  •  Charles Casper Simons  •  Florence Ellinwood Allen  •  John Donelson Martin (Federal appeals court judge)  •  Shackelford Miller  •  Paul Weick  •  Lester Cecil  •  George Edwards (Sixth Circuit)  •  Thomas McAllister  •  Harry Phillips  •  


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Active judges

   •  Thomas Ludington  •  Mark Goldsmith  •  Stephen Murphy (Michigan)  •  Shalina Kumar  •  Linda V. Parker  •  Laurie Michelson  •  Terrence Berg  •  Judith Ellen Levy  •  Matthew Frederick Leitman  •  Jonathan Grey  •  Frances Kay Behm  •  Susan DeClercq  •  Brandy McMillion  •  Robert White (Michigan)

Senior judges

Bernard Friedman  •  Paul Borman  •  Robert Cleland  •  Nancy Edmunds  •  Denise Hood  •  David M. Lawson  •  John O'Meara (Michigan)  •  George Steeh  •  Gershwin Drain  •  

Magistrate judgesDavid Grand  •  Patricia T. Morris  •  Anthony Patti  •  Elizabeth Stafford  •  Kimberly Altman  •  Curtis Ivy Jr.  •  
Former Article III judges

Damon Keith  •  Victoria Roberts  •  Marianne Battani  •  Anna Taylor  •  Avern Cohn  •  Sean Cox (Michigan)  •  Patrick Duggan  •  John Feikens  •  Paul Gadola  •  Arthur Tarnow  •  Lawrence Zatkoff  •  Cornelia Kennedy  •  Ralph Guy  •  Richard Suhrheinrich  •  Horace Gilmore  •  Stewart Newblatt  •  Ross Wilkins  •  Barbara Hackett  •  Russell Harvey (Michigan)  •  George La Plata  •  Henry Billings Brown (U.S. Supreme Court)  •  John Wesley Longyear  •  Henry Harrison Swan  •  Alexis Caswell Angell  •  Arthur Tuttle  •  Charles Casper Simons  •  Edward Julien Moinet  •  Ernest Aloysius O'Brien  •  Arthur Lederle  •  Frank Picard  •  Wade Hampton McCree, Jr.  •  James Churchill  •  Mona Majzoub  •  Patricia Boyle  •  Robert DeMascio  •  Ralph Freeman  •  Lawrence Gubow  •  Frederick Kaess  •  Arthur Koscinski  •  Theodore Levin (Michigan)  •  Thaddeus Machrowicz  •  Clifford O'Sullivan  •  Philip Pratt (Michigan)  •  Stephen Roth (Michigan)  •  Talbot Smith  •  Thomas Thornton  •  George Woods (federal judge)  •  Stephanie Dawkins Davis  •  

Former Chief judges

Damon Keith  •  Bernard Friedman  •  Anna Taylor  •  Julian Cook  •  Sean Cox (Michigan)  •  John Feikens  •  Lawrence Zatkoff  •  Cornelia Kennedy  •  Arthur Lederle  •  Frank Picard  •  James Churchill  •  Ralph Freeman  •  Frederick Kaess  •  Theodore Levin (Michigan)  •  Philip Pratt (Michigan)  •  


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1964

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1965

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