David Rasmussen Hansen (born March 16, 1938) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.
David Rasmussen Hansen
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Born 1938 in Exira, IA
FJC ID: 973
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 49/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 857/year
Iowa Northern District Court · 1986–1991Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1991–2003
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
- Win-Gin Farms, Iowa Falls, IowaPartner · 1971–present
Member · 2004–2011- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2002–2003
- Iowa District Court, Second Judicial DistrictJudge · 1976–1986
- Private practice, Iowa Falls, Iowa1968–1976
- Hardin County [Iowa] Republican Central CommitteeChairman · 1975–1976
- Iowa Falls [Iowa] Police CourtJudge · 1969–1973
JAG CorpsU.S. Army · 1964–1968- Private practice, Atlantic, Iowa1963–1964
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitChief Judge1991–2003 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
1986–1991 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
J.D. · 1963- Northwest Missouri State UniversityB.A. · 1960