John Joseph Hickey (August 22, 1911 – September 22, 1970), known as Joe or J. J. Hickey, was an American judge and politician who served the 24th governor of Wyoming from 1959 to 1961 and as a United States senator from 1961 to 1962. A member of the Democratic party, he later served as a judge on the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit from 1966 to 1970. He was the first governor of Wyoming to be born in the 20th century.
John Joseph Hickey
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1911 in Rawlins, WY
Died 1970 in Cheyenne, WY
FJC ID: 1035
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 31/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 125/year
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1966–1970
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, Rawlins, Wyoming1934–1942, 1962–1966
- U.S. senator from Wyoming1961–1962
- WyomingGovernor · 1958–1960
- Democratic Party of WyomingChairman · 1954–1958
U.S. attorney for the District of Wyoming1949–1954- Carbon County, WyomingCounty attorney · 1939–1942, 1946–1949
U.S. Army captain1942–1945- Rawlins, WyomingCity treasurer · 1935–1940
Appointments
1966–1970 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1934