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Marion Tinsley Bennett

Marion Tinsley Bennett

Federal Circuit Clerk/Executive

Born 1914 in Buffalo, MO

Died 2000 in Alexandria, VA

FJC ID: 155

Marion Tinsley Bennett (June 6, 1914 – September 6, 2000) served as a member of the United States Congress, as a judge of the United States Court of Claims and as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. U.S. Air Force Reserve colonel
    1950–1974
  2. U.S. representative from Missouri
    1943–1949
  3. U.S. Rep. Philip Alan Bennett of Missouri
    Administrative assistant · 1941–1942
  4. Private practice, Springfield, Missouri
    1938–1940

Appointments

  1. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
    1982–2000
    Term ended: ded
  2. Federal Circuit Clerk/Executive
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    1982–2000 (None (reassignment))
    Term ended: Death
  3. United States Court of Claims
    1972–1982
    Term ended: other_pos
  4. Court of Claims
    1972–1982 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)
    Term ended: Reassignment

Education

  1. Washington University School of Law
    J.D. · 1938
  2. Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State University)
    A.B. · 1935