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Robert Allan Edgar
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Senior status since October 7, 2005.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- February 26, 1985
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 3, 1985
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- April 15, 1985
- Commissioned
- April 16, 1985
- Senior status
- Since October 7, 2005
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1940, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
All judges of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- U.S. Army, 1965-1967
- Private practice, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1967-1985
- State representative, Tennessee, 1970-1972
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