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Robert Palmer Anderson

Robert Palmer Anderson

Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Born 1906 in Noank (Town of Groton), CT

Died 1978

FJC ID: 49

Robert Palmer Anderson (March 27, 1906 – May 2, 1978) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. U.S. Coast Guard Reserve captain
    1955–1957
  2. Connecticut State Bar Examining Committee
    Member · 1936–1954
  3. Connecticut Superior Court
    Judge · 1953–1954
  4. Private practice, New London, Connecticut
    1929–1953
  5. New London County, Connecticut
    State's attorney · 1947–1953
  6. State of Connecticut
    Judicial council · 1952–1953
  7. Connecticut
    State senator · 1947–1949
  8. New London County, Connecticut Federal Public Defender
    New London County, Connecticut Federal Public Defender
    Public defender · 1936–1947
  9. U.S. Coast Guard Reserve
    1942–1945

Appointments

  1. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    1964–1978 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death
  2. Connecticut District Court
    Connecticut District Court
    1954–1964
    Term ended: other_pos
  3. Connecticut District Court
    U.S. District Court for the District of ConnecticutChief Judge
    1954–1964 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
    Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Education

  1. Yale University Law School
    Yale Law School
    LL.B. · 1929
  2. Yale College
    B.A. · 1927