Edward Conger

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Nonpartisan

Prior offices

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

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Education

Law

New York University School of Law, Read Law, 1904

Personal

Birthplace

Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

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## Contents

* 1 Early life and education
* 2 Professional career
* 3 Judicial nominations and appointments
* 4 Southern District of New York
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

Edward Conger (1882-1963) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

He was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on June 10, 1938 to a seat created by 52 Stat. 585. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 16th, and received commission on June 24th. Conger was succeeded in this position by William Herlands. On October 20, 1954, he assumed senior status, serving in this capacity until his death on August 7, 1963.[1]

## Early life and education[edit]

* New York University School of Law
* Read law, 1904[1]

## Professional career[edit]

* Assistant district attorney, Dutchess County, New York, 1908-1913
* District attorney, Dutchess County, New York, 1913-1915
* City judge, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1915-1919
* Private practice, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1919-1938[1]

## Judicial nominations and appointments[edit]

## Southern District of New York[edit]

Conger was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on June 10, 1938 to a seat created by 52 Stat. 585. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 16th, and received commission on June 24th. Coner was succeeded in this position by William Herlands. On October 20, 1954, he assumed senior status, serving in this capacity until his death on August 7, 1963.[1]

## External links[edit]

* Biography at FJC

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Edward Conger's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.

Political offices

Preceded by:
NA | Southern District of New York
1938–1954  | Succeeded by:
William Herlands

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Federal judges nominated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1940)

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1933|

Bell • Bratton • Donohoe • FitzHenry • Garrecht • Keefe • Ragon • Stone • Woodrough

1934|

Allen • Bowen • Holly • Hulbert • Long • Major • Myers • Rippey • Sullivan

1935|

Baldwin • Denman • Faris • Ford • Hamilton • Haney • Holmes • Mahoney • Martin • Mathews • McDuffie • Moore • Roche • A. L. Stephens • H. M. Stephens • Sweeney •

Yankwich
1936|

Abruzzo • Clancy • Davidson • Davis • Holland • Lederle • Leibell • Ling • Mandelbaum • Maris • Pollard • Thomas • Underwood

1937|

Adair • Biggs • Black • Burke • Collet • Druffel • Edgerton • Groner • Healy • Jackson • Jenney • Kloeb • Major • McColloch • Miller • Mize • Murrah • Rice • Stephens • Sullivan • Swinford • Treanor • Trimble • Vinson • Watkins • Williams • Wyche

1938|

Clark • Conger • Ford • Hamilton • Laws • Maris • McCord • Murphree • Reed

1939|

Allred • Arant • Beaumont • Biddle • Black • Clark • Darr • Davies • Dobie • Douglas • Duffy • Frankfurter • Goldsborough • Huxman • Igoe • Jones • Kalodner • Kerner, Sr. • Lemley • Lumpkin • Magruder • Miller • Morris • Picard • Porterie • Roberts • Rutledge • Walker • Welsh • Whaley • Whitaker • Wilkin

1940|

Bard • Barker • Barksdale • Boyd • Broaddus • Caillouet • Campbell • Dobie • Ganey • Goodrich • Harrison • Hartigan • Johnsen • Jones • Leamy • Mahoney • Martin • Murphy • Murrah • O'Connor • Oliver • Pine • Russell • Savage • Schwellenbach • Walker • Waller

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Federal judges nominated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1941-1945)

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1941|

Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski

1942|

Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney

1943|

Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert •

Waller
1944|

Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw

1945|

Brown • Davis • Foley • Laws • Ridge

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Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

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Active judges|

Chief Judge: Laura Swain • Paul Gardephe • Kenneth Karas • John Koeltl • Cathy Seibel • Andrew L. Carter, Jr. • Nelson S. Roman • Analisa Torres • J. Paul Oetken • Vincent L. Briccetti • Paul A. Engelmayer • Edgardo Ramos • Jesse Furman • Ronnie Abrams • Lorna Schofield • Katherine Failla • Valerie Caproni • Vernon Broderick • Gregory Howard Woods • Mary Kay Vyskocil • Lewis Liman • Philip Halpern • John Cronan (New York) • Jennifer Rochon

Senior judges|

Victor Marrero • Kimba Wood • Richard Berman • Naomi Buchwald • Kevin Castel • Denise Cote • Paul Crotty • George Daniels • Charles Haight • Alvin Hellerstein • Lewis Kaplan • John Keenan (New York) • Lawrence McKenna • Colleen McMahon • Loretta Preska • Jed Rakoff • Louis Stanton • Sidney Stein •

Magistrate judges|  Kevin Fox • Debra Freeman • Martin Goldberg • Gabriel Gorenstein • Paul Davison • James L. Cott • Sarah Netburn • Judith C. McCarthy • Barbara Moses • Katharine Parker • Stewart Aaron • Robert Lehrburger • Ona Wang • Sarah Cave • Andrew Krause • Jennifer Willis •
Former Article III judges|

Michael Mukasey • Morris Lasker • Harold Baer • Deborah Batts • Robert Carter (New York) • Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum • Denny Chin • William Conner • Thomas Griesa • Richard Holwell • Barbara Jones • Shirley Kram • Peter Leisure • Gerard Lynch • Richard Owen • Robert Patterson (New York) • William Pauley • Stephen Robinson (New York) • Shira Scheindlin • John Sprizzo • Richard Sullivan (New York) • Robert Sweet • William Peter Van Ness • Samuel Rossiter Betts • Samuel Blatchford • Sonia Sotomayor • William Gardner Choate • Pierre Leval • Wilfred Feinberg • John Walker (New York) • Barrington Parker • Lawrence Pierce • Addison Brown • George Bethune Adams • George Chandler Holt • Charles Merrill Hough • Learned Hand • Julius Marshuetz Mayer • Augustus Noble Hand • John Clark Knox • Martin Thomas Manton • William Bondy • Henry Warren Goddard • Francis Asbury Winslow • Frank Joseph Coleman • Thomas Day Thacher • Alfred Conkling Coxe, Jr. • John Munro Woolsey • George Murray Hulbert • John William Clancy • Vincent Leibell (New York judge) • Samuel Mandelbaum • Edward Conger • Robert Porter Patterson, Sr. • Kevin Duffy • Gerard Goettel • Charles Metzner • Arnold Bauman • Alexander Bicks • Dudley Bonsal • Charles Brieant • John Bright • Vincent Broderick • Frederick Bryan • Francis Caffey • John Cannella • Richard Casey • John Cashin • Kenneth Conboy • Irving Cooper • Thomas Croake • Richard Daronco • Archie Dawson • Edward Dimock • David Edelstein • Marvin Frankel • Louis Freeh • Lee Gagliardi • Murray Gurfein • William Herlands • Irving Kaufman • Samuel Kaufman • Percy Knapp • Richard Levet • Mary Lowe • Lloyd MacMahon • Walter Mansfield • John McGohey • Edward McLean • Harold Medina • Constance Motley • Gregory Noonan • Edmund Palmieri • Milton Pollack • Simon Rifkind • Sylvester Ryan • Allen Schwartz • Abraham Sofaer • Charles Stewart • Sidney Sugarman • Charles Tenney • Harold Tyler • Lawrence Walsh (New York judge) • Robert Ward • Edward Weinfeld • Henry Werker • Inzer Wyatt • John S. Martin (New York) • Thomas Francis Murphy (New York) • Alison J. Nathan • Katherine Forrest •

Former Chief judges|

Kimba Wood • Colleen McMahon • Loretta Preska • Lisa Smith (New York) • John Clark Knox • William Bondy • John William Clancy • Charles Brieant • David Edelstein • Lloyd MacMahon • Constance Motley • Sylvester Ryan • Sidney Sugarman •