Robert Morton Duncan
Robert Morton Duncan | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | |
| In office June 20, 1974 – April 15, 1985 | |
| Appointed by | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Carl Andrew Weinman |
| Succeeded by | James L. Graham |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces | |
| In office 1971–1974 | |
| Appointed by | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Homer S. Ferguson |
| Succeeded by | Albert B. Fletcher Jr. |
| Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court | |
| In office January 2, 1969 – November 26, 1971 | |
| Appointed by | Jim Rhodes |
| Preceded by | Paul W. Brown |
| Succeeded by | Lloyd O. Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Morton Duncan August 24, 1927 Urbana, Ohio |
| Died | November 2, 2012 (aged 85) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Ohio State University (BS) Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (JD) |
Robert Morton Duncan (August 24, 1927 – November 2, 2012) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Education and career
Born on August 24, 1927, in
Federal judicial service
Duncan was a judge of the United States Court of Military Appeals (now the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces) from 1971 to 1974.[3]
Duncan was nominated by President Richard Nixon on May 1, 1974, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio vacated by Judge Carl Andrew Weinman. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 13, 1974, and received his commission on June 20, 1974. His service was terminated on April 15, 1985, due to his resignation.[3]
Post judicial service
Following his resignation from the federal bench, Duncan returned to private practice with the firm of Jones Day Reavis & Pogue.[2]
Firsts
Duncan was the first African-American elected to judicial office in Franklin County the first to serve on the Ohio Supreme Court, the first to serve on the United States Court of Military Appeals, and the first appointed to the federal bench in Ohio.[2]
Personal
Duncan married his wife Shirley in 1955. They had three children.[2] Duncan died on November 2, 2012.[4]
See also
- List of African-American federal judges
- List of African-American jurists
- List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Ohio
References
- ^ "Jag Law Review". LLMC – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d "Robert Morton Duncan". The Supreme Court of Ohio & The Ohio Judicial System. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
- ^ a b c Robert Morton Duncan at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ "Obituary".
Sources
- Robert Morton Duncan at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.