William Mershon Lanning
William Mershon Lanning (1849-1912) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Early life and education
- Read law, 1880
Professional career
- Private practice, Trenton, New Jersey, 1880-
- City solicitor, Trenton, New Jersey, 1884-1887
- Judge, City District Court of Trenton, New Jersey, 1887-1891
- U.S. Representative New Jersey, 1903-1904
Judicial career
Third Circuit
Lanning received a recess appointment from President William Howard Taft on May 6, 1909 to fill a seat vacated by George Mifflin Dallas. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 18, 1909, and received commission that same day. He served until his death on February 16, 1912.[1]
District of New Jersey
Lanning received a recess appointment from President Theodore Roosevelt on June 1, 1904 to fill a seat vacated by Andrew Kirkpatrick. On December 6, 1904, he was nominated. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 13, 1904, and received commission that same day. He served on this court until May 24, 1909. Lanning was succeeded in this position by John Rellstab.
External links
- Brief biography from "Infoplease"
- Judge Lanning's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Andrew Kirkpatrick |
District of New Jersey 1904–1909 |
Succeeded by: John Rellstab |
| Preceded by: George Mifflin Dallas |
Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1909–1912 |
Succeeded by: John Bayard McPherson
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Renee Bumb • Susan Wigenton • Madeline Arleo • Claire Cecchi • Esther Salas • Michael Shipp • Karen Williams (New Jersey) • Robert Kirsch • Brian R. Martinotti • Julien Xavier Neals • Zahid Quraishi • Christine O'Hearn • Evelyn Padin • Georgette Castner • Michael Farbiarz • Jamel Semper • Edward Kiel | ||
| Senior judges |
Mary Cooper • Anne Thompson • Stanley Chesler • Katharine Hayden • William Martini • Peter Sheridan • Noel Hillman • Robert Kugler • Joseph Rodriguez • Kevin McNulty • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Tonianne Bongiovanni • Mark Falk • Ann Donio • Douglas Arpert • Lois Goodman • Michael A. Hammer • Cathy L. Waldor • James B. Clark, III • Leda Dunn Wettre • Sharon King • Jessica Allen • Matthew Skahill • André Espinosa • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Garrett Brown • Joel Pisano • Freda Wolfson • Harold Ackerman • Dennis Cavanaugh • Dickinson Debevoise • Joseph Greenaway • Faith Hochberg • Jose Linares • Stanley Brotman • Joseph Irenas • Jerome Simandle • David Brearley • Robert Morris (New Jersey) • William Sanford Pennington • William Rossell • Mahlon Dickerson • Philemon Dickerson • Richard Stockton Field • John Thompson Nixon • Andrew Kirkpatrick • Leonard Garth • Robert Cowen • Maryanne Trump Barry • Lee Sarokin • Edward Green (New Jersey) • Joseph Cross • William Mershon Lanning • John Rellstab • Joseph Lamb Bodine • John Warren Davis (Third Circuit) • Thomas Griffith Haight • Charles Francis Lynch • William Nelson Runyon • William Clark (New Jersey) • Guy Laverne Fake • James William McCarthy • John Boyd Avis • Phillip Forman • Anthony Augelli • George Barlow • William Bassler • John Bissell • Vincent Biunno • Mitchell Cohen • James Coolahan • John Gerry • Richard Hartshorne • John Kitchen • Frederick Lacey • Arthur Lane • Alfred Lechner • John Lifland • Thomas Madden • Thomas Meaney • Henry Meanor • Alfred Modarelli • Mendon Morrill • Stephen Orlofsky • Nicholas Politan • Robert Shaw (New Jersey) • William Francis Smith • Herbert Stern • Thomas Walker (New Jersey) • Lawrence Whipple • Alfred Wolin • Reynier Wortendyke • Clarkson Sherman Fisher • John Michael Vazquez • William Walls (New Jersey) • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Garrett Brown • Anne Thompson • Freda Wolfson • Jerome Simandle • Guy Laverne Fake • Phillip Forman • Anthony Augelli • George Barlow • John Bissell • Mitchell Cohen • James Coolahan • John Gerry • Thomas Madden • William Francis Smith • Lawrence Whipple • Clarkson Sherman Fisher • | ||
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| 1901 | |||
| 1902 |
Anderson • Burns • Coxe • Gould • Hale • Holmes • Platt • Ray • Townsend • Waite | ||
| 1903 |
Clabaugh • Day • Hay • Holt • Hook • McClelland • Morris • Pollock • Pritchard • Richards • Van Devanter • Daniel Wright • Francis Wright | ||
| 1904 |
Duell • Holland • Hunt • Lanning • Reed • Shepard • Stafford | ||
| 1905 |
Adams • Atkinson • Barney • Bethea • Booth • Cross • Dayton • Dodge • Finkelnburg • Kohlsaat • Landis • Lowell • McCall • McComas • Quarles • Sanborn • Seaman • Tayler • Whitson • Wolverton • Wright | ||
| 1906 |
Buffington • Chatfield • Ewing • Farrington • Hough • Knappen • Lewis • Martin • Moody • Peelle • Robb | ||
| 1907 |
Campbell • Cotteral • Dietrich • Dyer • Hundley • Munger • Noyes Saunders • Sheppard • Van Fleet • Van Orsdel • Ward | ||
| 1908 |
Chamberlain • Purdy • Sanford • Sater • Young | ||
| 1909 | |||
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| 1909 |
Bean • Carpenter • Connor • Donworth • Grubb • Hand • Hundley • Lanning • Lurton • Orr • Purdy • Rellstab • Warrington • Willard | ||
| 1910 |
Archbald • Barber • Carland • Cooper • Denison • De Vries • Hollister • Hughes • Hunt • Killits • Knapp • Knappen • Lamar • Mack • Montgomery • Rasch • Rose • Russell • Smith • Van Devanter • Van Valkenburgh • White | ||
| 1911 |
Angell • Day • Denison • Elliott • Martin • Rudkin • Schofield • Sessions • H. Smith • W. Smith • Veeder • Whitmer • Youmans • | ||
| 1912 |
Bourquin • Cheney • Cushman • Dodge • Geiger • Howard • Mayer • McPherson • Morton • Pitney • Pope • Sloan • Thompson • Tuttle • | ||
