Albert Henderson
Albert John Henderson (1920-1999) was a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. He served the federal judiciary until his death in 1999.
Early life and education
Professional career
- U.S. Army Sergeant, 1943-1945
- Underwriter, Lawyers Title Insurance Company, Atlanta, Georgia, 1947-1948
- Private practice, Marietta, Georgia, 1948-1960
- Judge, Juvenile Court of Cobb County, Georgia, 1953-1960
- Trial attorney, Assistant State Solicitor General's Office, Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit, 1949-1952
- Judge, Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia, 1961-1968[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Northern District of Georgia
Henderson was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia by President Lyndon Johnson on September 25, 1968, to a seat vacated by Lewis Morgan; he was confirmed by the Senate on October 10, 1968, and received commission the next day. From 1976-1979, he served as the chief judge. He served the Northern District of Georgia until he was elevated to the Fifth Circuit on July 26, 1979.[1] Henderson was succeeded in this position by Orinda Evans.
Fifth Circuit
Henderson was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit by President Jimmy Carter on April 18, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 12, 1979, and received commission the next day. He served the Fifth Circuit until he was reassigned to the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981.[1]
Eleventh Circuit
Judge Henderson was reassigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on October 1, 1981. He assumed senior status on January 31, 1986. He served the Eleventh Circuit until his death on May 11, 1999.[1]
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Judge Henderson Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Lewis Morgan |
Northern District of Georgia 1968–1979 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: Orinda Evans |
| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1979–1981 |
Succeeded by: NA |
| Preceded by: NA - reassigned |
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1981–1999 |
Succeeded by: James Edmondson
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: William Pryor • Adalberto Jordan • Barbara Lagoa • Robin Rosenbaum • Jill Pryor • Elizabeth Branch • Robert J. Luck • Britt Grant • Kevin Newsom • Andrew Brasher • Embry Kidd • Nancy Gbana Abudu | ||
| Senior judges |
Stanley Marcus • Julie Carnes • Robert Lanier Anderson • Gerald Tjoflat • James Edmondson (Federal judge) • Joel Dubina • Susan Black (Eleventh Circuit) • Frank Hull • Charles Wilson (Florida) • Edward Carnes • | ||
| Former judges | Beverly Martin • Peter Fay • John Godbold • Phyllis Kravitch • Joseph Hatchett • Albert Henderson • Paul Roney • David Dyer • Elbert Tuttle • Thomas Clark (Eleventh Circuit) • Richard Rives • Robert Vance • Lewis Morgan • Emmett Cox • Stanley Birch • Rosemary Barkett • James Hill (Federal judge) • Warren Leroy Jones • John Bryan Simpson • Frank M. Johnson, Jr. • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
John Godbold • Robert Lanier Anderson • Gerald Tjoflat • Joseph Hatchett • James Edmondson (Federal judge) • Paul Roney • Joel Dubina • Edward Carnes • | ||
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| Active judges |
• William M. Ray, II (Georgia) • Eleanor L. Ross • Mark Howard Cohen • Leigh Martin May • Jean-Paul Boulee • Michael L. Brown (Georgia) • Steven Grimberg • Victoria Calvert • Sarah Geraghty • Tiffany Johnson (Georgia) | ||
| Senior judges |
Orinda Evans • Clarence Cooper • Richard Story • Willis Hunt • Charles Pannell • Steve C. Jones • Amy Totenberg • Thomas Thrash (Georgia) • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Alan Baverman • Walter E. Johnson • Russell G. Vineyard • Linda T. Walker • J. Clay Fuller • Justin Anand • John Larkins (Georgia) • Catherine Salinas • Christopher Bly • Regina Cannon • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Jack Camp • Marvin Shoob • Horace Ward • Owen Forrester • Beverly Martin • Charles Moye • William O'Kelley • Ernest Tidwell • Julie Carnes • Timothy Batten • William Duffey • Harold Murphy • Robert Vining • John Cochran Nicoll • John Erskine • Albert Henderson • Lewis Morgan • Frank Hull • James Hill (Federal judge) • Henry Kent McCay • William Truslow Newman • Samuel Hale Sibley • Emory Marvin Underwood • Maurice Andrews • Newell Edenfield • Richard Freeman • Robert Hall (Georgia) • Frank Hooper • William Sloan • Sidney Smith • Robert Lee Russell (Federal judge) • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Orinda Evans • Charles Moye • William O'Kelley • Ernest Tidwell • Timothy Batten • Robert Vining • Albert Henderson • Lewis Morgan • Maurice Andrews • Newell Edenfield • Frank Hooper • Sidney Smith • Robert Lee Russell (Federal judge) • Thomas Thrash (Georgia) • | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
