Edward Thaxter Gignoux
Edward Thaxter Gignoux | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine | |
In office June 1, 1983 – November 4, 1988 | |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine | |
In office 1978 – June 1, 1983 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Conrad K. Cyr |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine | |
In office August 26, 1957 – June 1, 1983 | |
Appointed by | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Preceded by | John David Clifford Jr. |
Succeeded by | Gene Carter |
Personal details | |
Born | Edward Thaxter Gignoux June 28, 1916 Portland, Maine |
Died | November 4, 1988 Portland, Maine | (aged 72)
Education | Harvard University (A.B.) Harvard Law School (LL.B.) |
Edward Thaxter Gignoux (June 28, 1916 – November 4, 1988) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine.
Education and career[]
Born in Portland, Maine, Gignoux received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Harvard University in 1937 and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1940. He was in private practice in Buffalo, New York from 1940 to 1941, then in Washington, D.C. from 1941 to 1942. He was in the United States Army during World War II, from 1942 to 1946, returning to private practice in Portland from 1946 to 1957.[1]
Federal judicial service[]
On August 9, 1957, Gignoux was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Maine vacated by Judge John David Clifford Jr. Gignoux was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 22, 1957, and received his commission on August 26, 1957. He was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1967 to 1973. In 1970, following the rejection of Clement Haynsworth and George Harrold Carswell by the Senate, Gignoux was the runner-up to Harry Blackmun in Richard Nixon‘s quest to fill Abe Fortas’ seat on the Supreme Court.[2] He served as Chief Judge from 1978 to 1983. He was a Judge of the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals from 1980 to 1987. He assumed senior status on June 1, 1983, serving in that capacity until his death on November 4, 1988, in Portland.[1]
Honor[]
The Edward T. Gignoux U.S. Courthouse was named in Gignoux's honor in 1982.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Edward Thaxter Gignoux at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ ‘Nixon Narrows It to 2 Northerners’; The Charlotte Observer, April 11, 1970, p. 1A
Sources[]
- Edward Thaxter Gignoux at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1916 births
- 1988 deaths
- 20th-century American lawyers
- Harvard Law School alumni
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Maine
- Lawyers from Portland, Maine
- United States Army personnel
- United States district court judges appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 20th-century American judges