A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.
✓ Source-basedstableAmerican judge (1928-1998)
Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr. was an American civil rights advocate, historian, presidential adviser, and federal court judge. From 1990 to 1991, he served as chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
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Judge Higginbotham with former law partners at his swearing into the FTC
President Johnson meeting with civil rights leaders following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Judge Higginbotham is seated two seats to the right of Vice President Humphrey
Judge Higginbotham receiving his commission from President Johnson
Judge Higginbotham's chambers on the Third Circuit were in the James A. Byrne Courthouse in Philadelphia
Judge Higginbotham with Hillary Clinton and President Clinton at the Medal of Freedom presentationAwards 3
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Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr. was an American civil rights advocate, historian, presidential adviser, and federal court judge. From 1990 to 1991, he served as chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Originally nominated to the bench by President Kennedy in 1963, Higginbotham was the seventh African-American Article III judge appointed in the United States, and the first African-American United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He was elevated to the Third Circuit in 1977, serving as a federal judge for nearly 30 years in all. In 1995, President Bill Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Higginbotham used the name "Leon" informally.
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