Elmo Hunter

Elmo Bolton Hunter (1915-2003) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

Hunter was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson on July 14, 1965, to a seat vacated by Floyd Gibson; he was confirmed by the Senate on August 11, 1965, and received commission that same day. He served as chief judge for a stint during 1980. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1980, and served in that capacity until his death on December 27, 2003. Hunter was succeeded in this position by John Gibson.

Hunter was the 1987 recipient of the Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award.

Early life and education

• University of Missouri-Columbia, A.B., 1936
• University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, LL.B., 1938

Professional career

• Law clerk, Hon. Kimbrough Stone, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1938-1939
• Senior assistant city counselor, Kansas City, Missouri, 1939-1941
• Fellow, Cook Fellowship, University of Michigan Law School, 1941
• Special assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri and District of Kansas for prosecution of war fraud cases, 1941-1942
• U.S. Army Lieutenant, 1942-1945
• Private practice, Kansas City, Missouri, 1945-1951
• Judge, State Circuit Court of Missouri, 1951-1957
• Judge, Kansas City Court of Appeals, Missouri, 1957-1965
• Instructor of law, University of Missouri, 1952-1962

Judicial nominations and appointments

Western District of Missouri

Hunter was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson on July 14, 1965, to a seat vacated by Floyd Gibson;^[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on August 11, 1965, and received commission that same day. He served as chief judge for a stint during 1980. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1980, and served in that capacity until his death on December 27, 2003. Hunter was succeeded in this position by John Gibson.

External links

• Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Active judges	Chief Judge: Mary Elizabeth Phillips   •  David Kays  •  Brian C. Wimes  •  M. Douglas Harpool  •  Stephen R. Bough  •  Roseann A. Ketchmark
Senior judges	Rodney Sippel  •  Nanette Laughrey  •  Ortrie Smith  •  Dean Whipple  •  Howard Sachs  •  Fernando Gaitan  •  Gary Fenner  •
Magistrate judges	James England  •  David P. Rush  •  Lajuana Counts  •  Willie Epps  •  Brian Gaddy  •  Jill Morris  •
Former Article III judges	Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr.  •  Robert William Wells  •  John Gibson (Eighth Circuit)  •  Arnold Krekel  •  John Finis Philips  •  Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh  •  Albert Reeves  •  Merrill Otis  •  John Collet  •  Richard Dorr  •  William Collinson  •  Richard Duncan (Missouri)  •  Joseph Stevens (Missouri)  •  Harris Wangelin  •  Brook Bartlett  •  William Becker  •  Russell Clark  •  Floyd Gibson  •  Albert Ridge  •  Charles Whittaker  •  Elmo Hunter  •  John Oliver (Missouri)  •  Ross Roberts  •  Randle Smith  •
Former Chief judges	Dean Whipple  •  Scott Wright  •  Howard Sachs  •  Albert Reeves  •  Richard Duncan (Missouri)  •  Joseph Stevens (Missouri)  •  Brook Bartlett  •  William Becker  •  Russell Clark  •  Floyd Gibson  •  Albert Ridge  •  Elmo Hunter  •  John Oliver (Missouri)  •  Randle Smith  •

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