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Lloyd Francis MacMahon
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

In office
May 31, 1982 – April 8, 1989
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

In office
1980–1982
Preceded by David Norton Edelstein
Succeeded by Constance Baker Motley
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

In office
September 10, 1959 – May 31, 1982
Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by Lawrence Walsh
Succeeded by John F. Keenan
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Interim

In office
July 11, 1955 – September 1, 1955
President Dwight Eisenhower
Preceded by J. Edward Lumbard
Succeeded by Paul W. Williams
Personal details
Born Lloyd Francis MacMahon
(1912-08-12)August 12, 1912
Elmira, New York
Died April 8, 1989(1989-04-08) (aged 76)
White Plains, New York

Lloyd Francis MacMahon (August 12, 1912 – April 8, 1989) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Education and career[]

Born on August 12, 1912, in Elmira, New York, MacMahon received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1936 from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Laws in 1938 from Cornell Law School. He was a lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve during World War II from 1944 to 1945. He was in private practice in New York City from 1942 to 1953 and again from 1955 to 1959. He was the Chief Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1953 to 1955. He was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in 1955.[1]

Federal judicial service[]

MacMahon was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on March 10, 1959, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Judge Lawrence Walsh. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 9, 1959, and received his commission on September 10, 1959. He served as Chief Judge and as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1980 to 1982. He assumed senior status on May 31, 1982. He served as a Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 1985 to 1989. His service terminated on April 8, 1989, due to his death of a cerebral hemorrhage in White Plains, New York.[1][2]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1
    • Lloyd Francis MacMahon at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  2. "Lloyd F. MacMahon, a Federal Judge, Dies at 76". 9 April 1989. https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/09/obituaries/lloyd-f-macmahon-a-federal-judge-dies-at-76.html. 

Sources[]

  • Lloyd Francis MacMahon at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Lawrence Walsh
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
1959–1982
Succeeded by
John F. Keenan
Preceded by
David Norton Edelstein
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
1980–1982
Succeeded by
Constance Baker Motley
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