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Robert E. Lewis

Former judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Robert E. Lewis served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Appointed by None (reassignment).

Appointed by
None (reassignment)
Born
1857

Appointments

  • Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of ColoradoTheodore Roosevelt · Apr 10, 1906 – Dec 1, 1921
  • Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitWarren G. Harding · Nov 15, 1921 – Mar 28, 1929
  • Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitNone (reassignment) · – Jul 31, 1941

Education

  • Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri
  • Read law1880

Career

Private practice, Clinton, Missouri, 1880-1897; Prosecutor, Henry County, Missouri, 1883-1887; Republican candidate for governor, Missouri, 1896; Judge, Colorado District Court, Fourth Judicial District, 1903-1906; Member, Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (now Judicial Conference of the United States), 1929-1940

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