death_date successor death_place birth_place office termstart termend appointer birth_date article_title name nominator alma_mater
20 may 1998 henry edward autrey edward d. robertson , jr. st. louis , missouri fort smith , arkansas judge district of missouri judge of the supreme court of missouri of the us district court for the eastern may 10 , 1985 july 16 , 1982 may 20 , 1998 1985 christopher s. `` kit '' bond 29 october 1927 george f. gunn , jr. .
 george f. gunn , jr. . ronald reagan westminster college washington university school of law
george f. gunn , jr. .

george f. gunn , jr. -lrb- october 29 , 1927 -- may 20 , 1998 -rrb- was a united states federal judge .
born in fort smith , arkansas , gunn was in the united states navy during world war ii , from 1945 to 1946 .
he received an a.b. from westminster college in 1950 and a j.d. from washington university school of law in 1955 .
after leaving the navy , he worked in private practice in st. louis , missouri from 1955 to 1971 .
at the same time , he was an assistant general attorney of the wabash railroad in st. louis from 1956 to 1958 , a city attorney of brentwood , missouri from 1963 to 1971 , and an attorney for the terminal railroad association of st. louis from 1968 to 1971 .
prior to his appointment to the supreme court of missouri , he was a municipal judge for rock hill , missouri , from 1970 to 1971 , a county counselor , from 1971 to 1973 , and a judge on the missouri court of appeals from 1973 to 1982 .
in 1982 , then-governor kit bond appointed gunn to the missouri supreme court , where he sat until 1985 .
on april 17 , 1985 , then-president ronald reagan nominated to a newly created seat on the united states district court for the eastern district of missouri .
the united states senate confirmed him on may 3 , 1985 , and he received his commission on may 10 , 1985 .
he assumed senior status on december 1 , 1996 , and he continued to be a senior judge on the court until his death on may 20 , 1998 .
he died in st. louis , missouri .
