Hiram Cancio

Hiram Rafael Cancio (1920-2008) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. He joined the court in 1965, for a two year fixed appointment from Lyndon Johnson. In 1967, he left this seat and was appointed by Johnson to fill the vacancy left by Clemente Ruiz Nazario. This seat became an Article III lifetime appointment when he took office. He served as chief judge from 1967-1974. He resigned from this post on January 31, 1974. He passed away on December 16, 2008.^[1][2]

Early life and education

• University of Puerto Rico, B.A., 1942
• University of Puerto Rico, LL.D., 1948^[1][2]

Military service

Cancio served in the United States Army from 1944-1946 as a Sergeant during World War II.^[1][2]

Personal life

He married Carlota Alfaro Bou with whom he had three children, Camelia Margarita, Hiram and Rosa Matilda.^[2]

Professional career

• Vocational adviser and psychometriest, Veterans Administration, San Juan, PR, 1946-1947
• Trial examiner, Puerto Rico Labor Relations Board, San Juan, PR, 1948
• Chief, Legal Division, Puerto Rico Labor Relations Board, San Juan, 1949-1952
• Chairman, Wage and Hours Commission under Fair Labor Standards Act, U.S. Department of Labor, 1952-1958
• Director, Labor Relations Institute, University of Puerto Rico, 1952-1955
• Dean of administration, University of Puerto Rico, 1955-1959
• Professor, Labor Relations and Labor Law, University of Puerto Rico, 1952-1965
• Commonwealth attorney general, Puerto Rico, 1959-1962
• Commonwealth secretary of justice, Puerto Rico, 1962-1965^[1][2]

Judicial nominations and appointments

District of Puerto Rico

Cancio served a two-year fixed term as a judge of the court from 1965-1967, and, upon the resignation in December 1966 of another fixed-term judge, Clemente Ruiz Nazario, Cancio was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson on January 16, 1967, to a new seat created by 80 Stat. 764, which provided that future judicial appointments to the U.S. District Court for Puerto Rico would hold office during good behavior. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 12, 1967, and received commission that same day. He served as chief judge from 1967-1974. He resigned from this post on January 31, 1974. Cancio was succeeded in this position by Juan Torruella.^[1][2]

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

External links

• Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Active judges	Chief Judge: Raúl Arias-Marxuach   •  Aida Delgado-Colon  •  Silvia Carreno-Coll  •  Pedro A. Delgado Hernández  •  María Antongiorgi-Jordán  •  Gina Méndez-Miró  •  Camille Vélez-Rivé
Senior judges	Daniel Dominguez (Puerto Rico)  •  Jay Garcia-Gregory  •  Francisco Besosa  •
Magistrate judges	Bruce McGiverin  •  Marcos Lopez-Gonzalez  •  Giselle Lopez Soler  •  Marshal Morgan  •
Former Article III judges	Jose Fuste  •  Jaime Pieras  •  Raymond Acosta (Puerto Rico)  •  Salvador Casellas  •  Carmen Cerezo  •  Gustavo Gelpí  •  Juan Torruella  •  Hiram Cancio  •  Juan Fernandez-Badillo  •  Gilberto Gierbolini-Ortiz  •  Hector Laffitte  •  Juan Perez-Gimenez  •  Hernan Pesquera  •  Jose Toledo  •  William Henry Holt  •  Charles Francis McKenna  •  Bernard Shandon Rodey  •  John James Jenkins  •  Paul Charlton  •  Peter Joseph Hamilton  •  Arthur Fuller Odlin  •  Ira Kent Wells  •  Robert Archer Cooper  •  David Chavez Jr.  •  Thomas Hagan Roberts  •  Clemente Ruiz Nazario  •
Former Chief judges	Jose Fuste  •  Carmen Cerezo  •  Gustavo Gelpí  •  Juan Torruella  •  Hiram Cancio  •  Gilberto Gierbolini-Ortiz  •  Hector Laffitte  •  Juan Perez-Gimenez  •  Hernan Pesquera  •  Jose Toledo  •

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