Arthur Carter Denison (November 10, 1861 – May 27, 1942) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the United States Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
Arthur Carter Denison
Born 1861 in Grand Rapids, MI
Died 1942 in Shaker Heights, OH
FJC ID: 602
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 11/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 34/year
Michigan Western District Court · 1910–1911U.S. Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit · 1911–1911Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1911–1931
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Cleveland, Ohio1932–1942
- Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (now Judicial Conference of the United States)Member · 1924–1931
- Private practice, Grand Rapids, Michigan1883–1910
Appointments
1911–1911 · Appointed by William H. Taft (Republican)Term ended: Abolition of Court- 1911–1931 · Appointed by William H. Taft (Republican)Term ended: Resignation
1910–1911 · Appointed by William H. Taft (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- University of MichiganB.A. · 1883