Richard Levet
Richard Harrington Levet (1894-1980) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Levet was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on January 26, 1956, to a seat vacated by John Clark Knox; he was confirmed by the Senate on March 6, 1956, and received his commission on March 8th. Levet was succeeded in this position by Morris Lasker. He assumed senior status on July 1, 1966, and served until his death on May 3, 1976.[1]
Early life and education
- Colgate University, A.B., 1916
- Colgate University, A.M., 1917
- New York University School of Law, J.D., 1925[1]
Professional career
- U.S. Army Private, 1918-1919
- Teacher, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut, 1922-1926
- Private practice, White Plains, New York, 1926-1956
- Member, Westchester County Board of Supervisors, 1938-1956
- Chairman, 1945-1946[1]
Judicial career
Southern District of New York
Levet was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on January 26, 1956, to a seat vacated by John Clark Knox; he was confirmed by the Senate on March 6, 1956, and received his commission on March 8th. Levet was succeeded in this position by Morris Lasker. He assumed senior status on July 1, 1966, and served until his death on May 3, 1976.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Richard Levet's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: John Clark Knox |
Southern District of New York 1956–1966 |
Succeeded by: Morris Lasker
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| 1953 |
Boldt • Bruchhausen • Cecil • Dawkins, Jr. • Grooms • Hamlin • Hoffman • Knoch • Schnackenberg • Warren • Willson | ||
| 1954 |
Aldrich • Anderson • Bastian • Bicks • Bootle • Boreman • Breitenstein • Brooks • Cecil • Chambers • Choate • Christensen • Connell • Danaher • Dawson • Day • Fee • Freeman • Halbert • Harlan • Hincks • Hoffman • Holder • Hunter • Ingraham • Laramore • Kent • Lemmon • Lord • McGarraghy • Mickelson • Miller • Palmieri • Parkinson • Rogers • Ross • Stewart • Taylor • Thomsen • Tuttle • Van Oosterhout • Vogel • Walsh • Whittaker • Wilson | ||
| 1955 |
Alger • Brown • Cameron • Clarke • Davies • Devitt • East • Estes • Grubb • Harlan • Jertberg • Jones • Lumbard • McIlvaine • Miller • Register • Sorg • Van Dusen • Waterman • Watkins • Wortendyke • Wright | ||
| 1956 |
Barnes • Bryan • Burger • Cashin • Hamley • Herlands • Johnson • Juergens • Kerr • Kraft • Levet • Lewis • Lieb • Mercer • Morgan • Rich • Rizley • Robinson • Smith • Sobeloff • Weick • Whittaker | ||
| 1957 |
Arraj • Breitenstein • Brennan • Egan • Gignoux • Grant • Hastings • Haynsworth • Hicklin • Jameson • Layton • Moore • O'Sullivan • Parkinson • Richardson • Sirica • Stanley • Thompson • Van Pelt • Weber • Whittaker • Wisdom • Zavatt | ||
| 1958 |
Beck • Burke • Carswell • Clayton • Hamlin • Henley • Jertberg • Knoch • Martin • Matthes • Miner • Morrill • Poos • Robson • Stanley • Steel • Stewart • Wollenberg | ||
| 1959 |
Aldrich • Bartels • Blackmun • Boreman • Butler • Castle • Cecil • Crocker • Dalton • Field • Fisher • Forman • Friendly • Hart • Henderson • Henley • Julian • Kalbfleisch • Kilkenny • Koelsch • Kunzel • MacMahon • Merrill • Metzner • Powell • Smith • Sweigert • Walsh • Weick • Weinman • Wood • Worley • Young | ||
| 1960 |
Caffrey • Chilson • Durfee • Hodge • Kaess • Lane • Lewis • Mishler • O'Sullivan • Paul • Smith • Stephenson • Tavares • Timbers | ||
