John Whitcome Reynolds Jr. (April 4, 1921 – January 6, 2002) was the 36th governor of Wisconsin (1963–1965) and served 21 years as a United States district judge in the Eastern District of Wisconsin (1965–1986). A Democrat, he previously served as the 34th attorney general of Wisconsin (1959–1963).
John W. Reynolds
Wisconsin Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Born 1921 in Green Bay, WI
Died 2002 in Milwaukee, WI
FJC ID: 1997
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 5/year
Wisconsin Eastern District Court · 1965–2002
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1982–1985
- WisconsinGovernor · 1963–1965
- State of WisconsinAttorney general · 1959–1963
- Private practice, Green Bay, Wisconsin1949–1959
- U.S. Office of Price StabilizationDistrict director · 1951–1953
U.S. Army1942–1946
Appointments
1965–2002 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1949- University of WisconsinPh.B. · 1946