John Delehant
John Wayne Delehant (1890-1972) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
Delehant was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on January 19, 1942, to a seat vacated by Thomas Charles Munger; he was confirmed by the Senate on February 9, 1942, and received commission on February 13. He served as chief judge from 1956 until he assumed senior status on April 30, 1957. He served until his death on April 20, 1972. Delehant was succeeded in this position by Robert Van Pelt.
Early life and education
- Creighton University, A.B., 1910
- Creighton University, A.M., 1911
- Creighton University School of Law, LL.B., 1913
Professional career
- Private practice, Beatrice, Nebraska, 1913-1942
Judicial nominations and appointments
District of Nebraska
Delehant was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on January 19, 1942, to a seat vacated by Thomas Charles Munger;[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on February 9, 1942, and received commission on February 13. He served as chief judge from 1956 until he assumed senior status on April 30, 1957. He served until his death on April 20, 1972. Delehant was succeeded in this position by Robert Van Pelt.
External links
- Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
- ↑ Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Thomas Charles Munger |
District of Nebraska 1942–1957 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Robert Van Pelt
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| 1933 |
Bell • Bratton • Donohoe • FitzHenry • Garrecht • Keefe • Ragon • Stone • Woodrough | ||
| 1934 |
Allen • Bowen • Holly • Hulbert • Long • Major • Myers • Rippey • Sullivan | ||
| 1935 |
Baldwin • Denman • Faris • Ford • Hamilton • Haney • Holmes • Mahoney • Martin • Mathews • McDuffie • Moore • Roche • A. L. Stephens • H. M. Stephens • Sweeney • Yankwich | ||
| 1936 |
Abruzzo • Clancy • Davidson • Davis • Holland • Lederle • Leibell • Ling • Mandelbaum • Maris • Pollard • Thomas • Underwood | ||
| 1937 |
Adair • Biggs • Black • Burke • Collet • Druffel • Edgerton • Groner • Healy • Jackson • Jenney • Kloeb • Major • McColloch • Miller • Mize • Murrah • Rice • Stephens • Sullivan • Swinford • Treanor • Trimble • Vinson • Watkins • Williams • Wyche | ||
| 1938 |
Clark • Conger • Ford • Hamilton • Laws • Maris • McCord • Murphree • Reed | ||
| 1939 |
Allred • Arant • Beaumont • Biddle • Black • Clark • Darr • Davies • Dobie • Douglas • Duffy • Frankfurter • Goldsborough • Huxman • Igoe • Jones • Kalodner • Kerner, Sr. • Lemley • Lumpkin • Magruder • Miller • Morris • Picard • Porterie • Roberts • Rutledge • Walker • Welsh • Whaley • Whitaker • Wilkin | ||
| 1940 |
Bard • Barker • Barksdale • Boyd • Broaddus • Caillouet • Campbell • Dobie • Ganey • Goodrich • Harrison • Hartigan • Johnsen • Jones • Leamy • Mahoney • Martin • Murphy • Murrah • O'Connor • Oliver • Pine • Russell • Savage • Schwellenbach • Walker • Waller | ||
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| 1941 |
Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski | ||
| 1942 |
Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney | ||
| 1943 |
Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert • Waller | ||
| 1944 |
Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw | ||
| 1945 | |||