Duncan Groner
Duncan Lawrence Groner (1873-1957) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.[1] Groner was previously a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.[1] Groner died on July 17, 1957.
Early life and education
- Washington and Lee University, LL.D., 1894[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Norfolk, Virginia, 1894-1921
- Delegate to every Republican National Convention, 1904-1920
- U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1910-1913[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Chief Justice, District of Columbia Circuit
Groner was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.[1]
He was nominated by President Herbert Hoover on January 5, 1931 to a new seat created by 46 Stat. 785. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 10, 1931, and received commission on February 21st. He served on this court until December 7, 1937, when he was appointed to the position of Chief Justice.[1]
He was nominated to the position of Chief Justice by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on November 26, 1937 to replace George Martin. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 3, 1937, and received commission on December 7th. On March 8, 1948, he assumed senior status. He served in this position until his death on July 17, 1957.[1]
Eastern District of Virginia
Groner was previously a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.[1]
He was nominated by President Warren Harding on May 26, 1921 to fill the seat vacated by Edmund Waddill. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 2, 1921, and received commission that same day. He served on this court until March 3, 1931, when he was appointed to the District of Columbia Circuit.[1] Groner was succeeded in this position by Luther Way.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Edmund Waddill |
Eastern District of Virginia 1921–1931 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Luther Way |
| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 1931–1948 |
Succeeded by: '
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| 1921 |
Morris • Peters • Baker • Groner • Hoehling • Kennedy • Lewis • Luse • Mayer • McClintic • Miller • Morris • Peters • Ross • Taft • Waddill | ||
| 1922 |
Atwell • Barrett • Brewster • Butler • Campbell • Cliffe • Gibson • Goddard • Kenyon • Lindley • Lowell • Rose • Runyon • Schoonmaker • Scott • Sutherland • Symes • Wilkerson • Winslow | ||
| 1923 |
Bland • Bondy • Cant • Gore • Hatfield • Hickenlooper • Hicks • Inch • Jacobs • James • Jones • McGee • McKeehan • Patridge • Phillips • Reeves • Rudkin • Sanford • Simons • Soper • Webster | ||
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| 1929 |
Avis • Byers • Caffey • Coxe, Jr. • Galston • Gardner • Glenn • Hopkins • Lenroot • Littleton • McDermott • Phillips • Sparks • Watson • Wheat • Wilbur • Wilson • Williams • Woolsey • Wyman | ||
| 1930 |
Adkins • Bryant • Cosgrave • Cox • Hincks • Hughes • Hutcheson • Luhring • Nields • Patterson • Roberts • Sibley • Thompson • Whaley • Wheat | ||
| 1931 |
Barnes • Chesnut • Evans • Fee • Groner • Hincks • Hitz • Hollzer • Kennamer • Kennerly • Kincheloe • Knight • Letts • McMillan • Morton • Nordbye • O'Brien • O'Donoghue • Paul, Jr. • Proctor • Sames • Sanborn • Sawtelle • Soper • Strum • Underwood • Way | ||
| 1932 |
Briggle • Cardozo • Dallinger • Forman • Johnson • Joyce • McLellan • Simons • Welsh | ||
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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 | |||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Mark Davis (Virginia) • Leonie Brinkema • M. Hannah Lauck • Rossie Alston • Arenda L. Wright Allen • Michael Nachmanoff • Roderick Young • David Novak (Virginia) • Patricia Tolliver Giles • Elizabeth Hanes • Jamar Walker | ||
| Senior judges |
T.S. Ellis III • Claude Hilton • Anthony Trenga • Liam O'Grady • Rebecca Smith (Virginia) • Raymond Jackson • Robert Payne (Virginia) • Henry Hudson • John A. Gibney • | ||
| Magistrate judges | John F. Anderson • Ivan Davis • Douglas E. Miller • Robert J. Krask • Mark Colombell • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
George Tucker • George Hay • Philip Pendelton Barbour • Peter Vivian Daniel • John Young Mason • James Dandridge Halyburton • John Curtiss Underwood • Robert William Hughes • Edmund Waddill • James Spencer (Virginia) • James Cacheris • Robert Doumar • Henry Morgan • Richard Williams (Virginia) • Gerald Lee • Jerome Friedman • Duncan Groner • Luther Way • Robert Nelson Pollard • Albert Bryan, Sr. • John Butzner • Joseph Clarke • Walter Hoffman • Charles Hutcheson • Richard Kellam • Walter Kelley • Oren Lewis • John MacKenzie (Virginia) • Robert Merhige • David Warriner • Albert Bryan, Jr. • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
James Spencer (Virginia) • Claude Hilton • James Cacheris • Albert Bryan, Sr. • Walter Hoffman • Charles Hutcheson • Richard Kellam • John MacKenzie (Virginia) • Albert Bryan, Jr. • | ||
