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Eugene Edward Siler, Jr.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Senior status since December 31, 2001.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush
- Nominated
- June 19, 1991
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 24, 1991
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), September 12, 1991
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- September 12, 1991
- Commissioned
- September 16, 1991
- Senior status
- Since December 31, 2001
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1936, 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.
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Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Appointed by Gerald Ford; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended September 20, 1991: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Appointed by Gerald Ford; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended September 20, 1991: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- U.S. Navy midshipman, 1957
- U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant, 1958-1983
- Private practice, Williamsburg, Kentucky, 1964-1970
- County attorney, Whitley County, Kentucky, 1965-1970
- U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1970-1975
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1990-1991
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