predecessor successor birth_place office birth_date term_start appointer article_title term_end name alma_mater
kenneth ripple larry mckinney samuel dillin richard young tanya pratt bloomington , indiana , u.s. judge the seventh circuit chief judge of the united states district of court for the southern district of indiana judge of the the united states district court for the southern district of indiana united states court of appeals for 2 july 1957 november 11 , 1994 23 , 2009 january 1 , 2008 october barack obama bill clinton david hamilton -lrb- judge -rrb-
 november 23 , 2009 november 23 , 2009 david hamilton haverford college yale university
david hamilton -lrb- judge -rrb-

david frank hamilton -lrb- born 1957 -rrb- is a judge on the united states court of appeals for the seventh circuit .
he was previously the chief judge of the united states district court for the southern district of indiana .
on march 17 , 2009 , he became president barack obama 's first judicial nominee when he was named for a seat on the seventh circuit .
he was confirmed by the senate on november 19 , 2009 , in a 59-to-39 vote .
