George Herbert Barlow

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George Herbert Barlow
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
In office
1978–1979
Preceded by Lawrence Aloysius Whipple
Succeeded by Clarkson Sherman Fisher
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
In office
December 18, 1969 –March 4, 1979
Appointed by Richard Nixon
Preceded by Arthur Stephen Lane
Succeeded by Harold A. Ackerman
Personal details
Born
George Herbert Barlow

(1921-01-04)January 4, 1921
Trenton, New Jersey
DiedMarch 4, 1979(1979-03-04) (aged 58)
Trenton, New Jersey
Education Dartmouth College (B.A.)
Rutgers Law School (LL.B.)

George Herbert Barlow (January 4, 1921 – March 4, 1979) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

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Education and career

Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Barlow received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College in 1943 and a Bachelor of Laws from Rutgers Law School in 1948. He was in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1945. He was an assistant counsel for the New Jersey State Law Revision Commission from 1948 to 1953. He was in private practice in Trenton from 1948 to 1953. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the District of New Jersey from 1953 to 1956 and then a United States Commissioner of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1956 to 1963. He then returned to private practice until 1963. He was a judge on the Mercer County Court, New Jersey from 1963 to 1966, and on the Superior Court of New Jersey from 1966 to 1970. [1]

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Federal judicial service

On July 22, 1969, Barlow was nominated by President Richard Nixon to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by Judge Arthur Stephen Lane. Barlow was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 17, 1969, and received his commission the following day. He served as Chief Judge from 1978 until his death of an apparent heart attack on March 4, 1979, at the Mercer Medical Center in Trenton. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 George Herbert Barlow at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
  2. ↑ Waggoner, Walter H. "George. H. Barlow, U.S. Judge, 58".

Sources

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Arthur Stephen Lane 		Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
1969–1979		Succeeded by
Harold A. Ackerman
Preceded by
Lawrence Aloysius Whipple 		Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
1978–1979		Succeeded by
Clarkson Sherman Fisher
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