Robert W. Warren

Robert Warren
Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review
In office
October 30, 1989  May 18, 1996
Preceded by John Field
Succeeded by Laurence Silberman
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
In office
August 31, 1986  August 1, 1991
Preceded by John Reynolds
Succeeded by Terence Evans
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
In office
August 27, 1974  August 1, 1991
Appointed by Richard Nixon
Preceded by Robert Tehan
Succeeded by Rudolph Randa
Attorney General of Wisconsin
In office
January 6, 1969  August 27, 1974
Governor Warren Knowles
Patrick Lucey
Preceded by Bronson La Follette
Succeeded by Victor Miller
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 2nd district
In office
January 1965  January 1969
Preceded by Leo O'Brien
Succeeded by Myron Lotto
Personal details
Born (1925-08-30)August 30, 1925
Raton, New Mexico, U.S.
Died August 20, 1998(1998-08-20) (aged 72)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Laverne Voagen
Alma mater Macalester College (BA)
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MA)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (JD)

Robert Willis Warren (August 30, 1925 – August 20, 1998) was a United States federal judge and politician from Wisconsin.

Background

Warren was born in Raton, New Mexico. He received a B.A. from Macalester College in 1950, an M.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1951, and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1956. He was in the United States Army, 95th Infantry from 1943 to 1946. He served in Europe during World War II and was wounded in France, receiving a Purple Heart. He became a Foreign affairs officer in the State Department from 1951 to 1953.[1]

Warren practiced law in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, from 1956 to 1957, and then moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he practiced law from 1957 to 1959. He was an assistant district attorney of Brown County from 1959 to 1961, and became district attorney from 1961 to 1965. Warren was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate from 1965 to 1969. From 1969 until his resignation in 1974, he was Attorney General of Wisconsin.[1][2]

In 1974 until his retirement in 1998, Warren was an U.S. District Court judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.[3][4] He was nominated by President Richard M. Nixon on August 8, 1974, to a seat vacated by Robert E. Tehan. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 22, and received his commission on August 27, 1974. He became chief judge of that court in 1986, and assumed senior status on August 1, 1991. He retired in August 1998 and died later that month in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1][5]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3
  2. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1973,' Biographical Sketch of Robert W. Warren, pp. 6–7
  3. Index to Politicians: Warren. The Political Graveyard. Retrieved on January 22, 2016.
  4. Warren, Robert W. 1925. Wisconsinhistory.org. Retrieved on January 22, 2016.
  5. Saxon, Wolfgang. "Robert W. Warren, 72, Wisconsin Federal Judge". New York Times. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Bronson La Follette
Attorney General of Wisconsin
1969–1974
Succeeded by
Victor Miller
Preceded by
Robert Tehan
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
1974–1991
Succeeded by
Rudolph Randa
Preceded by
John Reynolds
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
1986–1991
Succeeded by
Terence Evans
Preceded by
John Field
Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review
1989–1996
Succeeded by
Laurence Silberman
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