Edmund Port

Edmund Port (1906-1986) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.

Port was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson on April 30, 1964, to a seat vacated by Stephen Brennan; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 1, 1964, and received commission the next day. Port was succeeded in this position by Howard Munson. He assumed senior status on February 7, 1976, and served in that capacity until his death on March 2, 1986.^[1]

Early life and education

• Syracuse University College of Law, LL.B., 1929^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Syracuse, New York, 1929-1932
• Hospitalized and convalescing due to tuberculosis, 1932-1934
• Private practice, Syracuse, New York, 1934-1953
• Attorney, District Compensation Officer, W.P.A. and C.C.C., Syracuse, New York, 1935-1938
• Rent attorney, U.S. Office of Price Adjustment, Syracuse, New York, 1942-1943
• Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of New York, 1943-1951
• U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1951-1953
• Private practice, Auburn, New York, 1953-1964^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Northern district of New York

Port was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson on April 30, 1964, to a seat vacated by Stephen Brennan; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 1, 1964, and received commission the next day. Port was succeeded in this position by Howard Munson. He assumed senior status on February 7, 1976, and served in that capacity until his death on March 2, 1986.^[1]

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
Active judges	Chief Judge: Brenda K. Sannes   •  David Hurd  •  Mae A. D'Agostino  •  Anne Nardacci
Senior judges	Thomas McAvoy  •  Frederick Scullin  •  Lawrence Kahn  •  Glenn Suddaby  •
Magistrate judges	Christian F. Hummel  •  Andrew T. Baxter  •  Therese Wiley Dancks  •  Gary L. Favro  •  Daniel Stewart (New York)  •  Miroslav Lovric  •
Former Article III judges	Norman Mordue  •  Neal McCurn  •  Gary Sharpe (New York)  •  Matthias Burnett Tallmadge  •  Roger Skinner  •  Alfred Conkling  •  Nathan Kelsey Hall  •  William James Wallace  •  Roger Miner  •  Rosemary Pooler  •  Alfred Conkling Coxe  •  George Washington Ray  •  Frank Cooper  •  Frederick Howard Bryant  •  Stephen Brennan  •  Constantine Cholakis  •  James Foley  •  Edward Kampf  •  Howard Munson  •  Edmund Port  •
Former Chief judges	Norman Mordue  •  Neal McCurn  •  Thomas McAvoy  •  Frederick Scullin  •  Stephen Brennan  •  James Foley  •  Howard Munson  •  Glenn Suddaby  •

v • e Federal judges nominated by Lyndon Johnson
1964	Anderson • Bratton • Christie • Collins • Cowen • Davis • Ely • Freedman • Gordon • Higginbotham • McNichols • Muecke • Nichols • Port • Rabinovitz • Robinson • Simons • Suttle • Weber • Whelan • Zampano
1965	Bryant • Celebrezze • Coffin • Coleman • Collinson • Corcoran • Doyle • Eubanks • Fortas • Frankel • Gasch • Gibson • Gordon • Harris • Hemphill • Hill • Hunter • Landis • Langley • Leventhal • Maxwell • McEntee • Mehrtens • Nichol • Reynolds • Russell • Smith • Tamm • Thornberry • Young
1966	Ainsworth • Atkins • Boyle • Cabot • Cassibry • Copple • Craven • Cummings • Dyer • Fairchild • Feinberg • Ferguson • Fullam • Garrity • Godbold • Goldberg • Goodwin • Gray • Guinn • Harvey • Hauk • Heaney • Heebe • Hickey • Hogan • Kaufman • Kinneary • Krentzman • Lay • Leddy • Lord • Lynch • MacKenzie • Mansfield • McCree • McRae • Mitchell • Motley • Napoli • Nichols • Noland • Peck II • Peckham • Pettine • Pittman • Porter • Real • Roberts • Robinson • Robinson • Rubin • Russell • Scott • Seals • Seitz • Simpson • Singleton • Skelton • Smith • Smith • Taylor • Thomas • von der Heydt • Watson • Winter • Wise
1967	Arnow • Beckworth • Belloni • Butzner • Cancio • Carter • Clayton • Combs • Comiskey • Curtin • Eaton • Edenfield • Fernandez-Badillo • Gesell • Gordon • Jones • Keith • Kellam • Lambros • Maletz • Marshall • Masterson • Merhige • Morgan • Murray • Neville • Pollack • Pregerson • Theis • Troutman • Van Dusen • Waddy • Weiner • Weinstein • Whipple • Williams
1968	Aldisert • Baldwin • Bownes • Bright • Green • Gubow • Henderson • Holloway • Hufstedler • Judd • Justice • Keady • Kerner, Jr. • Lasker • Latchum • Lawrence • McMillan • Morgan • Newman • Nixon • Pratt • Re • Rosenstein • Schwartz • Smith • Stahl • Travia • Woodward