John R. Gibson

John Robert Gibson (December 20, 1925 – April 19, 2014) was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

John R. Gibson
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In office
January 1, 1994  April 19, 2014
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In office
March 9, 1982  January 1, 1994
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Preceded byFloyd Robert Gibson
Succeeded byDiana E. Murphy
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
In office
September 19, 1981  March 30, 1982
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Preceded byElmo Bolton Hunter
Succeeded byRoss Thompson Roberts
Personal details
Born
John Robert Gibson

(1925-12-20)December 20, 1925
Springfield, Missouri
DiedApril 19, 2014(2014-04-19) (aged 88)
Reading, Massachusetts
EducationUniversity of Missouri (AB)
University of Missouri School of Law (JD)

Early life and education

Born in Springfield, Missouri, Gibson was a sergeant in the United States Army from 1944 to 1946. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1949 from the University of Missouri, followed by a Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri School of Law in 1952.[1] He was in private practice of law in Kansas City, Missouri from 1952 to 1981.

Federal judicial service

Gibson was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on July 9, 1981, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri vacated by Judge Elmo Bolton Hunter. Confirmed by the United States Senate on September 16, 1981, Gibson received his commission three days later. His service was terminated on March 30, 1982, due to elevation to the Eighth Circuit.

On February 2, 1982, Gibson was nominated by Reagan to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that had been vacated by Judge Floyd Robert Gibson, who had assumed senior status. President Jimmy Carter previously had nominated Howard F. Sachs to the seat, but Sachs' nomination was not acted upon by the United States Senate before Carter's presidency ended, and Reagan chose not to renominate Sachs. Reagan initially had brought forth the name of Hallmark Cards associate general counsel Judith Whittaker (born June 12, 1938) as a nominee to replace Floyd Gibson. However, after it emerged that Whittaker had supported the Equal Rights Amendment, conservatives opposing her nomination launched a letter-writing campaign objecting to her nomination, and Whittaker eventually withdrew her name from consideration.[2][3] On March 4, 1982, the Senate confirmed Gibson and he received his commission on March 9, 1982.[1] Gibson assumed senior status on January 1, 1994[1] and died on April 19, 2014.[4]

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Preceded by
Elmo Bolton Hunter
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
1981–1982
Succeeded by
Ross Thompson Roberts
Preceded by
Floyd Robert Gibson
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
1982–1994
Succeeded by
Diana E. Murphy
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