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# James Hargrove Meredith

James Hargrove Meredith (August 25, 1914 – December 8, 1988) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

## Education and career

Born in Wedderburn, Oregon, Meredith received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of Missouri in 1936 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Missouri School of Law in 1937. He was in private practice in Portageville, Missouri from 1937 to 1938. He was in private practice in New Madrid, Missouri from 1939 to 1941. He was an assistant prosecuting attorney of New Madrid County, Missouri from 1939 to 1941. He was a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California from 1942 to 1944. He was in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1944 to 1946. He was in private practice in Portageville from 1946 to 1949. He was a legal secretary to the Governor of Missouri from 1949 to 1950. He was chief counsel for the State Insurance Department of Missouri from 1950 to 1952. He was in private practice in St. Louis, Missouri from 1952 to 1962. He was in private practice in Washington, D.C. from 1961 to 1962.

## Federal judicial service

Meredith was nominated by President John F. Kennedy on March 5, 1962, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri vacated by Judge George Moore. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 16, 1962, and received his commission on March 17, 1962. He served as Chief Judge from 1971 to 1979. He assumed senior status on August 31, 1979. Meredith served in that capacity until his death on December 8, 1988, in St. Louis.
# Jacob Mishler

Jacob Mishler (April 20, 1911 – January 26, 2004) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York from 1960 to 2004 and its Chief Judge from 1969 to 1980.

## Education and career

Born in New York City, New York, Mishler received a Bachelor of Science degree from New York University in 1931. He received a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law in 1933. He was in private practice of law in Long Island City, New York from 1934 to 1959. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court of New York in 1959. He was in private practice of law in Long Island City in 1960.

## Federal judicial service

Mishler was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 10, 1960, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York vacated by Judge Mortimer W. Byers. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 2, 1960, and received his commission on July 6, 1960. He served as Chief Judge from 1969 to 1980. He assumed senior status on April 30, 1980. He served as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1974 to 1977. His service was terminated on January 26, 2004, due to his death in West Palm Beach, Florida.
# James F. Battin

James Franklin Battin (February 13, 1925 – September 27, 1996) was a Republican United States Representative from Montana, and later was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana.

## Education and career

Born in Wichita, Kansas, Battin moved with his parents to Montana in November 1929. He was educated in the public schools of Billings, then the third largest city in the state, graduating from high school there in 1942. He enlisted in the United States Navy and served for three years, two and a half years of which were in the Pacific theater of operations. He returned to his studies and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1948 from Eastern Montana College (now Montana State University Billings) in Billings. He received a Juris Doctor from George Washington University Law School in 1951, and was in private practice of law in Washington, D.C. from 1951 to 1952, then in Billings from 1953 to 1960. He was a deputy county attorney of Yellowstone County, Montana from 1953 to 1955, then general counsel and secretary of the City-County Planning Board of Billings in 1955. In 1955 he became an assistant city attorney of Billings, and was the city attorney from 1957 to 1958. He served as member of the Montana House of Representatives in 1958 and 1959. Battin was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses, and served from January 3, 1961, until his resignation February 27, 1969, to become United States District Judge.

## Federal judicial service

Battin was nominated by President Richard Nixon on February 20, 1969, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Montana vacated by Judge William James Jameson. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 25, 1969, and received his commission on February 27, 1969. He served as Chief Judge from November 16, 1978, to February 13, 1990. He assumed senior status on February 13, 1990. His service terminated on September 27, 1996, due to his death in Billings.

## Family and honor

The James F. Battin Courthouse in Billings is named for him. Battin's son, Jim, was elected to the California State Assembly in 1994.

## Notable case

One of the cases that Battin handled was the conviction of four counts of extortion of the Louisiana Teamsters Union business agent Edward Grady Partin, the one who supplied the immunized testimony that sent Jimmy Hoffa to prison.
# Margaret Lamwaka Odwar

Margaret Lamwaka Odwar (née Margaret Lamwaka), also Margaret Odwar, (born 23 December 1969), is a Ugandan politician who serves as the incumbent Member of Parliament representing the Kitgum District Women's Constituency in the 10th Ugandan Parliament (2016 to 2021).

## Background and education

She was born in Kitgum District, in the Acholi sub-region, in the Northern Region of Uganda, on 23 December 1969. She obtained her Primary Leaving Certificate from Koch Goma Central Primary School. In 1986, she obtained her O-Level certificate from Wanyange Girls' Secondary School, in Jinja District.
She went on to obtain a Grade III Teachers Certificate, from Alero Primary Teachers College and a Diploma in Primary Education, from National Teachers College, Unyama.
In 2006, she was awarded a Bachelor of Education degree, followed three years later by a Master of Education Planning and Administration degree, both from Uganda Christian University, in Mukono.

## Career before politics

From 1989 until 2015, Margaret Lamwaka taught in primary schools in various parts of Uganda. Se started out as a Grade III Teacher at Gulu Public Primary School, in 1989, rising to Grade I Head Teacher at Pandwong Primary School, in 2015.

## Political career

In 2016, Margaret Lamwaka contested for the Kitgum District Woman Member of Parliament, on the ruling National Resistance Movement political party ticket. She won and is the incumbent MP for Kitgum District Women.
In the 10th parliament, she is a member of two parliamentary committees; (a) the committee on rules, privileges and discipline and (b) the committee on education and sports.
# Sangli Assembly constituency

Sangli Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.

## Overview

Sangli constituency is one of the eight Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Sangli district.
Sangli is part of Sangli Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district, namely Miraj, Khanapur, Palus-Kadegaon, Tasgao-Kavathemahakal and Jat.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1952 | Vasantdada Patil | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Vasantdada Patil | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Vasantdada Patil | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | A. B. Birnale | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Pandurang Bapu Patil | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Vasantdada Patil | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Shalinitai Patil | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1985 | Vasantdada Patil | Indian National Congress |
| 1986^ | Sambhaji Pawar | Janata Party |
| 1990 | Sambhaji Pawar | Janata Dal |
| 1995 | Sambhaji Pawar | Janata Dal |
| 1999 | Dinkar Tukaram Patil | Indian National Congress |
| 2004 | Madan Patil | Independent |
| 2009 | Sambhaji Pawar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2014 | Sudhir Gadgil | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2019 | Sudhir Gadgil | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024 | Sudhir Gadgil | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sangli :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Sudhir Gadgil | 112,498 | 49.76 |
| | INC | Prithviraj Gulabrao Patil | 76,363 | 33.78 |
| | Independent | Jayashree Madan Patil | 32,736 | 14.48 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 36,135 | 15.98 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,26,065 | |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sangli :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Sudhir Gadgil | 93,636 | 49.63 |
| | INC | Prithviraj (Baba) Gulabrao Patil | 86,697 | 45.95 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 2,448 | 1.30 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,939 | 3.68 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,88,683 | 58.20 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sangli :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Sudhir Gadgil | 80,497 | 41.18% |
| | INC | Madan Vishwanath Patil | 66040 | 33.79% |
| | SS | Pruthviraj Sambhaji Pawar | 34635 | 17.72% |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,296 | 0.66% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,457 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,95,469 | 59.47% |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | |
# Loyal Edwin Knappen

Loyal Edwin Knappen (January 27, 1854 – May 14, 1930) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the United States Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

## Education and career

Born in Hastings, Michigan, Knappen received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan in 1873 and read law to enter the bar in 1875, thereafter receiving a Master of Arts degree from the University of Michigan in 1876. He was in private practice in Hastings from 1875 to 1888, also serving as a prosecuting attorney of Barry County, Michigan from 1879 to 1883. He was a Commissioner for the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan from 1880 to 1888. He was in private practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1888 to 1906 with the law firm of Knappen, Uhl & Bryant, which had been founded as Fletcher & Wanty, and which continues to exist today as Wheeler Upham.

## Federal judicial service

Knappen was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt on December 3, 1906, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan vacated by the death of Judge George P. Wanty, who had founded the law firm of which Knappen was a partner. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 10, 1906, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on February 8, 1910, due to his elevation to the Sixth Circuit.
Knappen was nominated by President William Howard Taft on January 17, 1910, to a joint seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the United States Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit vacated by Judge Horace Harmon Lurton. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 31, 1910, and received his commission the same day. On December 31, 1911, the Circuit Courts were abolished and he thereafter served only on the Court of Appeals. He was a member of the Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (now the Judicial Conference of the United States) from 1922 to 1923. He assumed senior status on April 15, 1924. His service terminated on May 14, 1930, due to his death in Grand Rapids.
# Nathaniel Ewing

Nathaniel Ewing (June 17, 1848 – March 28, 1914) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

## Education and career

Born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Ewing received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Princeton University in 1869 and an Artium Magister degree from the same institution in 1872. He was in private practice in Uniontown from 1871 to 1887. He was a Judge of the 14th Judicial District of Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1899, returning to private practice in Uniontown from 1900 to 1906.

## Federal judicial service

Ewing received a recess appointment from President Theodore Roosevelt on September 25, 1906, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania vacated by Judge Joseph Buffington. He was nominated to the same position by President Roosevelt on December 3, 1906. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 11, 1906, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on January 31, 1908, due to his resignation.

## Later career and death

Ewing was then Chairman of the Pennsylvania State Railroad Commission from 1908 to 1913, and Chairman of the Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania from 1913 to 1914. He died on March 28, 1914.
# Henry Augustus Middleton Smith

Henry Augustus Middleton Smith (April 30, 1853 – November 23, 1924) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina and the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina.

## Education and career

Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Smith received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of Charleston in 1872 and read law to enter the bar in 1874. He was in private practice in Charleston from 1877 to 1911.

## Federal judicial service

Smith was nominated by President William Howard Taft on May 25, 1911, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina vacated by Judge William H. Brawley. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 7, 1911, and received his commission the same day. Smith was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina and the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina on January 1, 1912, to a new joint seat authorized by 36 Stat. 1087. He was reassigned by operation of law to serve only in the Eastern District on March 3, 1915. He assumed senior status on November 23, 1923. His service terminated on November 23, 1924, due to his death.
# Roy Mahlon Shelbourne

Roy Mahlon Shelbourne (November 12, 1890 – December 29, 1974) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.

## Education and career

Born in Bardwell, Kentucky, Shelbourne received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Union University in Jackson, Tennessee in 1912 and a Bachelor of Laws from Cumberland School of Law (then part of Cumberland University, now part of Samford University) in 1913. He entered private practice in Bardwell from 1913 to 1927. He was county attorney of Carlisle County, Kentucky from 1918 to 1926. He was President of the Bardwell Deposit Bank from 1926 to 1936. He returned to private practice in Paducah, Kentucky from 1936 to 1946.

## Federal judicial service

Shelbourne was nominated by President Harry S. Truman on January 17, 1946, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky vacated by Judge Shackelford Miller Jr. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 5, 1946, and received his commission on February 8, 1946. He served as Chief Judge from 1948 to 1960. He assumed senior status on November 1, 1964. Shelbourne served in that capacity until his death on December 29, 1974, in Louisville, Kentucky.
# Francis C. Whelan

Francis C. Whelan (December 11, 1907 – August 22, 1991) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California and the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

## Education and career

Born in O'Neill, Nebraska, Whelan received a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Diego State University in 1928 and both a Bachelor of Laws and a Juris Doctor from the UC Berkeley School of Law in 1932. He was in private practice in San Diego, California from 1932 to 1935. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Southern District of California from 1935 to 1939. He was special assistant to the United States Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice from 1939 to 1948. He was in private practice in Los Angeles, California from 1948 to 1961. He was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of California from 1961 to 1964.

## Federal judicial service

Whelan was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 17, 1964, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California vacated by Judge Leon Rene Yankwich. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 15, 1964, and received his commission the same day. He was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California, to a new seat established by 80 Stat. 75 on September 18, 1966. He assumed senior status on January 7, 1978. Whelan served in that capacity until his death on August 22, 1991, in Palm Desert, California.
# Harrison Lee Winter

Harrison Lee Winter (April 18, 1921 – April 10, 1990) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.

## Education and career

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Winter received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1942 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1944. He was in private practice in Baltimore from 1945 to 1959. During this time, he was an assistant attorney general of the State of Maryland from 1948 to 1951, and a deputy attorney general from 1954 to 1955. He was a city solicitor for Baltimore from 1959 to 1961.

## Federal judicial service

On November 9, 1961, Winter received a recess appointment from President John F. Kennedy to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland created by 75 Stat. 80. Formally nominated on January 15, 1962, he was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 7, 1962, and received his commission on February 17, 1962. His service terminated on June 27, 1966, due to elevation to the Fourth Circuit.
On June 13, 1966, Winter was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit created by 80 Stat. 75. Winter was confirmed by the Senate on June 24, 1966, and received his commission the same day. He served both as Chief Judge and as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1981 to 1989, assuming senior status on January 1, 1990. Winter served in that capacity until his death on April 10, 1990, in Baltimore.
# Charles Andrew Willard

Charles Andrew Willard (May 21, 1857 – March 13, 1914) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

## Education and career

Born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, Willard received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Dartmouth College in 1877, and a Bachelor of Laws from Boston University School of Law in 1879. He was in private practice in St. Johnsbury from 1879 to 1882, then in Saint Paul, Minnesota until 1885, and then in Minneapolis, Minnesota until 1901. He was a lecturer at the University of Minnesota from 1887 to 1901. He was a United States Territorial Judge of the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands from 1901 to 1909.

## Federal judicial service

On May 8, 1909, Willard was nominated by President William Howard Taft to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota vacated by Judge Milton D. Purdy. Willard was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 18, 1909, and received his commission the same day. He served in that capacity until his death on March 13, 1914, in Minneapolis.
# S. U. Zuidema

Sytse Ulbe Zuidema (22 April 1906, Kampen - 28 September 1975, Amstelveen) was one of the second generation of reformational philosophers arising from the Free University of Amsterdam, after the first generation of Herman Dooyeweerd and D. H. Th. Vollenhoven. Other second generationers were: Hendrik Van Riessen, K. J. Popma and J. P. A. Mekkes.
Prior to teaching philosophy at the Free University, Zuidema held a chair of Calvinistic philosophy at the University of Utrecht. He had also been a minister in the Reformed Churches and a missionary in Indonesia. His doctoral dissertation was on William of Ockham.
Robert Knudsen and Hendrik Hart both completed their doctoral dissertations in philosophy under Zuidema.

## Timeline

* 1925-1930 Studied at the Free University of Amsterdam
* 1931-1934 Pastor in Gereformeerde Kerk (Dutch Reformed Church) in Anna Paulowna Polder
* 1935-1945 Missionary for the Mission in Central Java, Indonesia (Dutch East Indies)
* 1936 Received doctorate from the Free University
   * Dissertation: The nominalistic philosophy of William of Ockham
* 1936-1946 Missionary minister at Soerakarta (Solo). During World War II he was held at a Japanese prisoner of war camp on Java.
* 1946 returned to the Netherlands
* 1948 Chair of Christian Philosophy at University of Utrecht and at the Free University
* 1954 onwards taught only at the Free University.

## Publications

* Kierkegaard in Modern Thinkers, an International Library of Philosophy and theology (Presbyterian & Reformed: Philadelphia) Archive index at the Wayback Machine
* Sartre in Modern Thinkers, an International Library of Philosophy and theology (Presbyterian & Reformed: Philadelphia) Archive index at the Wayback Machine
* Communication and Confrontation: A Philosophical Appraisal and Critique of Modern Society and Contemporary Thought. Assen/Kampen Royal VanGorcum Ltd, 1972
# Joe Ewing Estes

Joe Ewing Estes (October 24, 1903 – October 24, 1989) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

## Education and career

Born in Commerce, Texas, Estes received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Texas School of Law in 1927. He was in private practice in Commerce from 1928 to 1930, and then in Fort Worth, Texas until 1942. He served in the United States Naval Reserve during World War II, from 1942 to 1945, achieving the rank of Lieutenant. He thereafter returned to private practice, in Dallas, Texas from 1946 to 1955.

## Federal judicial service

On July 18, 1955, Estes was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated by Judge William H. Atwell. Estes was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 28, 1955, and received his commission on August 1, 1955. He served as Chief Judge from 1959 to 1972 and as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1969 to 1971. He assumed senior status on July 1, 1972. He served as a Judge of the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals from 1972 to 1987. He remained in senior status until his death on October 24, 1989, his 86th birthday.