Harry Walker Wellford (August 6, 1924 – April 17, 2021) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.
Harry Walker Wellford
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1924 in Memphis, TN
Died 2021 in Memphis, TN
FJC ID: 2543
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 43/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 690/year
Tennessee Western District Court · 1970–1982Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1982–2021
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, Memphis, Tennessee1950–1970
U.S. Navy ensign1944–1946
Appointments
1982–2021 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
1970–1982 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1950- Washington and Lee UniversityB.A. · 1947