Luther Swygert

Luther Swygert

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Nonpartisan

Prior offices

United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

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United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit

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Education

Law

Notre Dame Law School, 1927

Personal

Birthplace

Ohio

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Luther Merritt Swygert (1905-1988) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.

Early life and education

• Notre Dame Law School, LL.B., 1927

Professional career

• Private practice, Indiana, 1928-1931
• Deputy prosecuting attorney, Lake County, Indiana, 1931-1933
• Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Indiana, 1934-1943

Judicial career

Northern District of Indiana

Swygert was nominated to the Northern District of Indiana by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on September 29, 1943, to a seat vacated by Thomas W. Slick; he was confirmed by the Senate on October 14, 1943, and received commission on October 16, 1943. From 1954-1961, he served as the chief judge. He served the Northern District of Indiana until he was elevated to the Seventh Circuit on October 10, 1961. Swygert was succeeded in this position by Jesse Eschbach.

Seventh Circuit

Swygert was nominated to the Seventh Circuit by President John F. Kennedy on September 18, 1961, to a new seat created by 75 Stat. 80; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 23, 1961, and received commission on September 29, 1961. From 1970-1975, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on July 1, 1981. He served the Seventh Circuit until his death on March 16, 1988.

External links

• Judge Swygert's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by: Thomas Whitten Slick	Northern District of Indiana 1943–1961 Seat #1	Succeeded by: Jesse Eschbach
Preceded by: NA - new seat	Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1961–1988	Succeeded by: Jesse Eschbach