Lester LeFevre Cecil

Personal

Birthday: 
11/21/1893
Birthplace: 
Miami County, OH
Date of Death: 
11/26/1982
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Dayton, Ohio, 1917-1918, 1918-1922
U.S. Army sergeant, 1918
City prosecutor, Dayton, Ohio, 1922-1925
Judge, Dayton [Ohio] Municipal Court, 1926-1929
Judge, Montgomery County [Ohio] Court of Common Pleas, 1929-1953

Education

Name of School: 

University of Michigan Law School

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Degree: 
LL.B.
Degree Year: 
1917

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
Court Name: 

Ohio Southern District Court

President Nominating: 
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
4/23/1953
Termination Date: 
7/28/1959
Termination Reason: 
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Court Name - Second: 

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second: 
7/18/1959
Retirement from Active Service - Second: 
8/1/1965
Termination Date - Second: 
11/26/1982
Termination Reason - Second: 
Death