History of Western District of Michigan
The Territory of
Michigan was created on January 11, 1805, although Michigan was not
admitted as a state until January 26, 1837. The District of
Michigan was established on July 01, 1836. On February 24, 1863,
the District was separated into the Eastern and Western Districts of
Michigan. The following is a listing of Marshals for the Western
District.
|
MARSHAL
|
DATE |
VICE
|
|
Tower, Osmond |
March 13, 1863
(S) |
Original Appointment |
|
Henry, James |
March 14, 1867
(S)
March 03, 1871 (S) |
Tower (Removed)
Thomas (Rejected by Senate) |
|
Parker, John |
March 22, 1875
(S) February 22, 1879 (S) |
Henry (Term Expired) |
|
Monroe, James |
December 20, 1880
(S) January 07, 1885 (S) |
Parker (Deceased) |
|
Waters, David R.
|
October 08, 1885
(R) February 15, 1886 (S) |
Monroe (Resigned) |
|
Clarke, James R. |
January 27, 1890
(S) |
Waters (Resigned) |
|
Pratt, Charles R.
|
February 06, 1994
(S) |
Clarke (Term Expired) |
|
Wheeler, A. Oren
|
February 14, 1898
(S) |
Pratt (Term Expired) |
|
Wait, Frank W.
|
January 19, 1903
(S) January 16, 1907 (C) |
Wheeler (Term Expired) |
|
Whelan, Nicholas J. |
February 01, 1911 (C) |
Wait (Term Expired) |
|
O'Connor, Herman |
March 01, 1915 (C)
July 28, 1919 (C) |
Whelan (Term Expired) |
|
Brown, Martin |
February 12, 1923 (C)
April 06, 1927 (R) December 17, 1927 (C) January 29, 1932 (C) |
O'Connor (Resigned) |
|
Bolger, Edwin D. |
August 23, 1935 (C) February 09, 1940 (C)
March 31, 1944 (C)
February
02, 1949 (C) December 01, 1950 (C.A.) |
Brown (Resigned) |
|
Jennings, Harry |
July 31, 1953 (C)
March 12, 1958 (C)
|
Bolger (Retired) |
|
Stevens, Floyd |
June 15, 1961 (C)
July 16, 1965 (C) |
Jennings (Resigned) |
|
Washington, Marvin G. |
July 23, 1969 (C.A.)
September 10, 1969 (C)
October 04, 1973
(C) |
Stevens (Retired) |
|
Metcalf, Andrew L. |
September 22, 1978 (C) |
Washington (Term Expired) |
|
Kendall, John R.
|
December 09, 1981 (C)
April 14, 1986 (C) |
Metcalf (Term Expired) |
|
Hoffman, Richard |
January 10, 1994(A.G.) – March 8, 1994 (A.G.) |
Kendall (Resigned) |
|
Lee, Barbara C. |
March 9, 1994 (C) – July 01, 2001 (C) |
Hoffman (Interim Appointment) |
|
Nordin, Bruce A.
|
July 01, 2001(C) - August 01, 2002(C) |
Lee (Resigned) |
|
Dougan, James R.
|
August 02, 2002(C) – January 24, 2008 (C) |
Nordin (Interim Appointment) |
|
Nordin, Bruce A. |
February 27, 2008 (C) |
Dougan (Retired) |
|
Munoz, Peter |
May 27, 2010 (C) |
Nordin (Interim Appointment) |
* SERVED WITHOUT REAPPOINTMENT UNTIL JUNE
17, 1830.
The following translation of abbreviations
applies to the list:
“R” - Recess appointment date
“S” - Senate Confirmation date (used from 1789-1903)
“C” - Commission date (used from 1903 to present)
“C.A.” - Court Appointment date
“A.G.” - Attorney General appointment date
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