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Edwin Steel
Edwin DeHaven Steel, Jr. (1904-1986) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Steel was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on March 26, 1958, to a seat vacated by Paul Leahy; he was confirmed by the Senate on April 22, 1958, and received his commission on April 23rd. He assumed senior status on December 30, 1969, and served in that capacity until his death on July 26, 1986.[1] Steel was succeeded in this position by Walter Stapleton.
Early life and education
- Dartmouth College, A.B., 1926
- Yale Law School, LL.B., 1931
Professional career
- Private practice, Wilmington, Delaware, 1931-1958
- General counsel, War Materials, Inc., 1942
Judicial nominations and appointments
District of Delaware
Steel was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on March 26, 1958, to a seat vacated by Paul Leahy; he was confirmed by the Senate on April 22, 1958, and received his commission on April 23rd. He assumed senior status on December 30, 1969, and served in that capacity until his death on July 26, 1986.[1] Steel was succeeded in this position by Walter Stapleton.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Judge Steel's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Paul Leahy |
District of Delaware 1958–1969 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Walter Stapleton
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| 1953 |
Boldt • Bruchhausen • Cecil • Dawkins, Jr. • Grooms • Hamlin • Hoffman • Knoch • Schnackenberg • Warren • Willson | ||
| 1954 |
Aldrich • Anderson • Bastian • Bicks • Bootle • Boreman • Breitenstein • Brooks • Cecil • Chambers • Choate • Christensen • Connell • Danaher • Dawson • Day • Fee • Freeman • Halbert • Harlan • Hincks • Hoffman • Holder • Hunter • Ingraham • Laramore • Kent • Lemmon • Lord • McGarraghy • Mickelson • Miller • Palmieri • Parkinson • Rogers • Ross • Stewart • Taylor • Thomsen • Tuttle • Van Oosterhout • Vogel • Walsh • Whittaker • Wilson | ||
| 1955 |
Alger • Brown • Cameron • Clarke • Davies • Devitt • East • Estes • Grubb • Harlan • Jertberg • Jones • Lumbard • McIlvaine • Miller • Register • Sorg • Van Dusen • Waterman • Watkins • Wortendyke • Wright | ||
| 1956 |
Barnes • Bryan • Burger • Cashin • Hamley • Herlands • Johnson • Juergens • Kerr • Kraft • Levet • Lewis • Lieb • Mercer • Morgan • Rich • Rizley • Robinson • Smith • Sobeloff • Weick • Whittaker | ||
| 1957 |
Arraj • Breitenstein • Brennan • Egan • Gignoux • Grant • Hastings • Haynsworth • Hicklin • Jameson • Layton • Moore • O'Sullivan • Parkinson • Richardson • Sirica • Stanley • Thompson • Van Pelt • Weber • Whittaker • Wisdom • Zavatt | ||
| 1958 |
Beck • Burke • Carswell • Clayton • Hamlin • Henley • Jertberg • Knoch • Martin • Matthes • Miner • Morrill • Poos • Robson • Stanley • Steel • Stewart • Wollenberg | ||
| 1959 |
Aldrich • Bartels • Blackmun • Boreman • Butler • Castle • Cecil • Crocker • Dalton • Field • Fisher • Forman • Friendly • Hart • Henderson • Henley • Julian • Kalbfleisch • Kilkenny • Koelsch • Kunzel • MacMahon • Merrill • Metzner • Powell • Smith • Sweigert • Walsh • Weick • Weinman • Wood • Worley • Young | ||
| 1960 |
Caffrey • Chilson • Durfee • Hodge • Kaess • Lane • Lewis • Mishler • O'Sullivan • Paul • Smith • Stephenson • Tavares • Timbers | ||
Federal courts:
Third Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Delaware • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Delaware
State courts:
Delaware Supreme Court • Superior Court of Delaware • Delaware Court of Chancery • Delaware Family Court • Delaware Court of Common Pleas • Delaware Justice of the Peace Courts • Delaware Alderman's Courts
State resources:
Courts in Delaware • Delaware judicial elections • Judicial selection in Delaware