Jesse Henley

Jesse Smith Henley (1917-1997) was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas and the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.

Early life and education

• University of Arkansas School of Law, LL.B., 1941^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1941-1954
• Clerk, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, 1943-1945
• Referee in Bankruptcy, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, 1943-1945
• Associate general counsel, Federal Communications Commission, 1954-1956
• Director, Office of Administrative Procedure, U.S. Department of Justice, 1956-1958^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Henley was nominated by Gerald Ford on January 28, 1975, to a seat vacated by Pat Mehaffy. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 13, 1975, and received commission on March 14, 1975, and assumed senior status on May 31, 1982. Service for Henley was terminated on October 18, 1997, due to death.

Eastern District of Arkansas

Henley received a recess appointment from Dwight D. Eisenhower on October 25, 1958, to a seat vacated by Thomas Trimble. He was nominated to the position by Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 17, 1959. His service was terminated on September 8, 1959, after nomination was not confirmed by the Senate.

He was again nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on August 18, 1959, to a seat vacated by Harry Lemley.^[1]He was confirmed by the Senate on September 2, 1959, and received commission on September 8, 1959. He served as chief judge from 1959-1975. His service was terminated on March 24, 1975, due to appointment to another judicial position.

Western District of Arkansas

Henley was nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on August 18, 1959, to a seat vacated by Harry Lemley. He was confirmed by the Senate on September 2, 1959, and received commission on September 8, 1959. Service for Henley was terminated on March 24, 1975, due to appointment to another judicial position.

External links

• Jesse Henley's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
Active judges	Chief Judge: Susan Hickey   •  Timothy Brooks (Arkansas)
Senior judges	Jimm Hendren  •  Robert Dawson (Arkansas)  •  Paul K. Holmes  •
Magistrate judges	Barry Bryant  •  Erin Wiedemann  •  Mark E. Ford  •  Christy Comstock  •
Former Article III judges	Harry Barnes  •  Richard Arnold (Arkansas)  •  Terry Shell  •  Morris Arnold  •  Daniel Ringo  •  Hugh Waters  •  Henry Clay Caldwell  •  Isaac Charles Parker  •  William Story  •  John Henry Rogers  •  Frank Youmans  •  Heartsill Ragon  •  Harry Lemley  •  John Elvis Miller  •  Oren Harris  •  Jesse Henley  •  Susan Webber Wright  •  George Howard  •  Elsijane Roy  •  Paul Williams (Arkansas)  •  Paul K. Holmes  •
Former Chief judges	Jimm Hendren  •  Hugh Waters  •  Harry Lemley  •  John Elvis Miller  •  Oren Harris  •  Paul Williams (Arkansas)  •  Paul K. Holmes  •

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
Active judges	Chief Judge: Brian Miller (Arkansas)Chief Judge: Kristine Gerhard Baker   •  D.P. Marshall Jr.  •  James Moody Jr. (Arkansas federal court judge)  •  Lee Rudofsky
Senior judges	William Wilson (Arkansas)  •  Susan Webber Wright  •
Magistrate judges	J. Thomas Ray  •  Jerome Kearney  •  Joe J. Volpe  •  Patricia S. Harris  •  Edie Ervin  •
Former Article III judges	J. Leon Holmes  •  Garnett Eisele  •  James M. Moody Sr. (Arkansas federal judge)  •  Henry Woods  •  William Overton  •  Richard Arnold (Arkansas)  •  Terry Shell  •  Daniel Ringo  •  Henry Clay Caldwell  •  John Williams (Arkansas)  •  Jacob Trieber  •  John Ellis Martineau  •  Thomas Trimble  •  Harry Lemley  •  Oren Harris  •  Jesse Henley  •  George Howard  •  Elsijane Roy  •  Stephen Reasoner  •  Gordon Young  •
Former Chief judges	Garnett Eisele  •  D.P. Marshall Jr.  •  Thomas Trimble  •  Jesse Henley  •  Susan Webber Wright  •  Stephen Reasoner  •

v • e Federal judges who have served the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Active judges	Chief Judge: Steven Colloton   •  Lavenski Smith  •  Ralph Erickson  •  Bobby Shepherd  •  James Loken  •  Raymond Gruender  •  William D. Benton  •  David Stras  •  Jane Kelly  •  Steven Grasz  •  Jonathan Kobes
Senior judges	David R. Hansen  •  Morris Arnold  •  Roger Wollman  •  Pasco Bowman  •  Arlen Beam  •  Michael Melloy  •
Former judges	Myron Bright  •  Diana Murphy  •  William Riley (Eighth Circuit)  •  Henry Clay Caldwell  •  George Fagg  •  Elmer Bragg Adams  •  John Emmett Carland  •  Amos Madden Thayer  •  Walter Henry Sanborn  •  William Cather Hook  •  John Hazelton Cotteral  •  Robert E. Lewis (Colorado judge)  •  Willis Van Devanter  •  Walter Inglewood Smith  •  Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh  •  Wilbur Franklin Booth  •  Charles Breckenridge Faris  •  Kimbrough Stone  •  Joseph William Woodrough  •  William Squire Kenyon  •  John Benjamin Sanborn  •  John D. Kelly  •  Archibald Gardner  •  Seth Thomas  •  John Collet  •  Charles Joseph Vogel  •  Jesse Henley  •  Roy Stephenson  •  William Webster  •  Floyd Gibson  •  Albert Ridge  •  Charles Whittaker  •  Harvey Johnsen  •  Harry Blackmun  •  Gerald Heaney  •  Donald Lay  •  Marion Matthes  •  Theodore McMillian  •  Pat Mehaffy  •  Walter Riddick  •  Martin Van Oosterhout  •  Donald Ross  •
Former Chief judges	Lavenski Smith  •  David R. Hansen  •  Morris Arnold  •  Roger Wollman  •  James Loken  •  Pasco Bowman  •  William Riley (Eighth Circuit)  •  Archibald Gardner  •  Charles Joseph Vogel  •  Floyd Gibson  •  Harvey Johnsen  •  Donald Lay  •  Marion Matthes  •  Pat Mehaffy  •  Martin Van Oosterhout  •

v • e Federal judges nominated by Dwight Eisenhower
1953	Boldt • Bruchhausen • Cecil • Dawkins, Jr. • Grooms • Hamlin • Hoffman • Knoch • Schnackenberg • Warren • Willson
1954	Aldrich • Anderson • Bastian • Bicks • Bootle • Boreman • Breitenstein • Brooks • Cecil • Chambers • Choate • Christensen • Connell • Danaher • Dawson • Day • Fee • Freeman • Halbert • Harlan • Hincks • Hoffman • Holder • Hunter • Ingraham • Laramore • Kent • Lemmon • Lord • McGarraghy • Mickelson • Miller • Palmieri • Parkinson • Rogers • Ross • Stewart • Taylor • Thomsen • Tuttle • Van Oosterhout • Vogel • Walsh • Whittaker • Wilson
1955	Alger • Brown • Cameron • Clarke • Davies • Devitt • East • Estes • Grubb • Harlan • Jertberg • Jones • Lumbard • McIlvaine • Miller • Register • Sorg • Van Dusen • Waterman • Watkins • Wortendyke • Wright
1956	Barnes • Bryan • Burger • Cashin • Hamley • Herlands • Johnson • Juergens • Kerr • Kraft • Levet • Lewis • Lieb • Mercer • Morgan • Rich • Rizley • Robinson • Smith • Sobeloff • Weick • Whittaker
1957	Arraj • Breitenstein • Brennan • Egan • Gignoux • Grant • Hastings • Haynsworth • Hicklin • Jameson • Layton • Moore • O'Sullivan • Parkinson • Richardson • Sirica • Stanley • Thompson • Van Pelt • Weber • Whittaker • Wisdom • Zavatt
1958	Beck • Burke • Carswell • Clayton • Hamlin • Henley • Jertberg • Knoch • Martin • Matthes • Miner • Morrill • Poos • Robson • Stanley • Steel • Stewart • Wollenberg
1959	Aldrich • Bartels • Blackmun • Boreman • Butler • Castle • Cecil • Crocker • Dalton • Field • Fisher • Forman • Friendly • Hart • Henderson • Henley • Julian • Kalbfleisch • Kilkenny • Koelsch • Kunzel • MacMahon • Merrill • Metzner • Powell • Smith • Sweigert • Walsh • Weick • Weinman • Wood • Worley • Young
1960	Caffrey • Chilson • Durfee • Hodge • Kaess • Lane • Lewis • Mishler • O'Sullivan • Paul • Smith • Stephenson • Tavares • Timbers

v • e Federal judges nominated by Gerald Ford
1974	Bauer • Bramwell • Cahn • Churchill • Clarke • Cook • Elfvin • Fitzgerald • Flaum • Gerry • Kirkland • Sessions • Torruella • Graafeiland
1975	Brimmer • Brotman • Grady • Haden • Henley • Higginbotham • Kennedy • Leighton • McNagny • Meskill • O'Conor • Rogers • Shell • Siler • Stafford • Stevens • Thompson • Tjoflat • Wong
1976	Ackerman • Anderson • Aronovitz • Broderick • Callister • Cohill • Copenhaver • Crowley • Davis • Fay • Goettel • Guy • Haight • Hall • Hill • Ingram • Manos • Munson • Poole • Pratt • Richey • Schwartz • Schwarzer • Sear • Sterling • Takasugi • Waters • Williams • Wood