Robert Wilkin

Robert Wilkin

Nonpartisan

Prior offices

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

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Education

Law

University of Virginia School of Law, 1908

Personal

Birthplace

New Philadelphia, Ohio

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Robert Nugen Wilkin (1886-1973) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Wilkin was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on May 19, 1939, to a seat vacated by Samuel West; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 1, 1939, and received commission on June 3. He assumed senior status on August 31, 1949, and served in that capacity until his death on February 23, 1973.

Early life and education

• University of Virginia School of Law, LL.B., 1908

Professional career

• Private practice, New Philadelphia, Ohio, 1908-
• Member, Judicial Council of Ohio, 1932-1933
• Judge, Supreme Court of Ohio, 1934
• Counsel, Muskingum Conservation District, Ohio, 1935-1939

Judicial career

Northern District of Ohio

Wilkin was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on May 19, 1939, to a seat vacated by Samuel West; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 1, 1939, and received commission on June 3. He assumed senior status on August 31, 1949, and served in that capacity until his death on February 23, 1973.

External links

• Robert Wilkin's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by: Samuel West	Northern District of Ohio 1939–1949 Seat #2T	Succeeded by: Charles McNamee