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William Bryant

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William Bryant
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Nonpartisan
Prior offices:
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Years in office: 1982 - 2005
Years in office: 1965 - 1982
Education
Bachelor's
Howard University, 1932
Law
Howard University Law, 1936
Personal
Birthplace
Wetumpka, AL


William Benson Bryant (1911-2005) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Bryant was nominated by PresidentLyndon Johnson on July 12, 1965, to a seat vacated byDavid Pine; he was confirmed by the Senate on August 11, 1965, and received commissionthat same day. He served aschief judge from 1977-1981. He assumedsenior status onJanuary 31, 1982, and served in that capacity until his death onNovember 13, 2005.[1]

Education

  • Howard University, A.B., 1932
  • Howard University School of Law, LL.B., 1936[1]

Professional career

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1947
  • Private practice, Washington, DC, 1948-1951
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1951-1954
  • Private practice, Washington, DC, 1954-1965[1]

Footnotes


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Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Columbia
Active judges

Chief Judge: James E. BoasbergChief Judge: Rudolph Contreras  •  Christopher Reid Cooper  •  Tanya S. Chutkan  •  Randolph D. Moss  •  Amit Priyavadan Mehta  •  Dabney Friedrich  •  Timothy J. Kelly (District of Columbia)  •  Trevor McFadden  •  Carl Nichols  •  Katherine E. Oler  •  Jia Cobb  •  Loren AliKhan  •  Ana Reyes  •  Judith Pipe  •  Amir Ali  •  Sparkle Sooknanan

Senior judges

Barbara Rothstein  •  Royce Lamberth  •  Thomas Hogan  •  Emmet Sullivan  •  Henry Kennedy  •  Richard Roberts (District of Columbia)  •  Ellen Huvelle  •  Rosemary Collyer  •  Reggie Walton  •  John Bates  •  Richard Leon  •  Paul Friedman (District of Columbia)  •  Joyce Green (District of Columbia)  •  Amy B. Jackson  •  Beryl A. Howell  •  

Magistrate judgesG. Michael Harvey  •  Zia Faruqui  •  
Former Article III judges

Michael Boudin  •  Thomas Anderson (District of Columbia)  •  William Matthew Merrick  •  David Kellogg Cartter  •  George Purnell Fisher  •  Abram Baldwin Olin  •  Andrew Wylie  •  David Campbell Humphreys  •  Arthur MacArthur  •  Walter Smith Cox  •  Alexander Burton Hagner  •  Charles Pinckney James  •  Edward Franklin Bingham  •  Martin Montgomery  •  Andrew Coyle Bradley  •  Charles Cleaves Cole  •  Louis Emory McComas  •  Thomas H. Anderson  •  Job Barnard  •  Harry Clabaugh  •  Ashley Mulgrave Gould  •  Jeter Connelly Pritchard  •  Wendell Phillips Stafford  •  Daniel Thew Wright (District of Columbia)  •  Thomas Jennings Bailey  •  James Harry Covington  •  William Hitz  •  Walter Irving McCoy  •  Frederick Lincoln Siddons  •  Adolph Hoehling  •  Peyton Gordon  •  Louis Oberdorfer  •  Gladys Kessler  •  James Robertson (District of Columbia)  •  Ricardo Urbina  •  Colleen Kollar-Kotelly  •  Harold Leventhal  •  Alfred Adams Wheat  •  Jesse Corcoran Adkins  •  Joseph Winston Cox  •  Oscar Raymond Luhring  •  Fred Dickinson Letts  •  Daniel William O'Donoghue  •  James McPherson Proctor (Federal judge)  •  Bolitha Laws  •  Thomas Goldsborough  •  James W. Morris (Federal judge)  •  Thomas Penfield Jackson  •  Walter Bastian  •  Edward Tamm  •  William Bryant  •  Howard Corcoran  •  Edward Curran  •  Edward Eicher  •  Thomas Flannery  •  Oliver Gasch  •  Gerhard Gesell  •  June Green  •  Harold Greene  •  Stanley Harris  •  George Hart  •  Norma Johnson  •  Alexander Holtzoff  •  William Jones (District of Columbia)  •  Richmond Keech  •  James Kirkland  •  Burnita Matthews  •  Joseph McGarraghy  •  Matthew McGuire  •  Charles McLaughlin  •  John Penn  •  David Pine  •  John Pratt  •  George Revercomb  •  Charles Richey  •  Aubrey Robinson  •  Spottswood Robinson  •  Henry Schweinhaut  •  John Sirica  •  John Lewis Smith (United States District Court for the District of Columbia judge)  •  Stanley Sporkin  •  Joseph Waddy  •  Leonard Walsh  •  Luther Youngdahl  •  Barrington Daniels Parker, Sr.  •  Florence Pan  •  Robert Leon Wilkins  •  Ketanji Brown Jackson  •  

Former Chief judges

David Kellogg Cartter  •  Edward Franklin Bingham  •  Harry Clabaugh  •  James Harry Covington  •  Walter Irving McCoy  •  Royce Lamberth  •  Thomas Hogan  •  Alfred Adams Wheat  •  Fred Dickinson Letts  •  Bolitha Laws  •  William Bryant  •  Edward Curran  •  Edward Eicher  •  George Hart  •  Norma Johnson  •  William Jones (District of Columbia)  •  Richmond Keech  •  Matthew McGuire  •  John Penn  •  David Pine  •  Aubrey Robinson  •  John Sirica  •  John Lewis Smith (United States District Court for the District of Columbia judge)  •  Beryl A. Howell  •  


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Federal judges nominated byLyndon Johnson
1964

Anderson •Bratton •Christie •Collins •Cowen •Davis •Ely •Freedman •Gordon •Higginbotham •McNichols •Muecke •Nichols •Port •Rabinovitz •Robinson •Simons •Suttle •Weber •Whelan •Zampano

1965

Bryant •Celebrezze •Coffin •Coleman •Collinson •Corcoran •Doyle •Eubanks •Fortas •Frankel •Gasch •Gibson •Gordon •Harris •Hemphill •Hill •Hunter •Landis •Langley •Leventhal •Maxwell •McEntee •Mehrtens •Nichol •Reynolds •Russell •Smith •Tamm •Thornberry •Young

1966

Ainsworth •Atkins •Boyle •Cabot •Cassibry •Copple •Craven •Cummings •Dyer •Fairchild •Feinberg •Ferguson •Fullam •Garrity •Godbold •Goldberg •Goodwin •Gray •Guinn •Harvey •Hauk •Heaney •Heebe •Hickey •Hogan •Kaufman •Kinneary •Krentzman •Lay •Leddy •Lord •Lynch •MacKenzie •Mansfield •McCree •McRae •Mitchell •Motley •Napoli •Nichols •Noland •Peck II •Peckham •Pettine •Pittman •Porter •Real •Roberts •Robinson •Robinson •Rubin •Russell •Scott •Seals •Seitz •Simpson •Singleton •Skelton •Smith •Smith •Taylor •Thomas •von der Heydt •Watson •Winter •

Wise
1967

Arnow •Beckworth •Belloni •Butzner •Cancio •Carter •Clayton •Combs •Comiskey •Curtin •Eaton •Edenfield •Fernandez-Badillo •Gesell •Gordon •Jones •Keith •Kellam •Lambros •Maletz •Marshall •Masterson •Merhige •Morgan •Murray •Neville •Pollack •Pregerson •Theis •Troutman •Van Dusen •Waddy •Weiner •Weinstein •Whipple •Williams

1968

Aldisert •Baldwin •Bownes •Bright •Green •Gubow •Henderson •Holloway •Hufstedler •Judd •Justice •Keady •Kerner, Jr. •Lasker •Latchum •Lawrence •McMillan •Morgan •Newman •Nixon •Pratt •Re •Rosenstein •Schwartz •Smith •Stahl •Travia •Woodward