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James Harvie Wilkinson, III
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 58 to 39Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- January 30, 1984
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- February 22, 1984
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), March 15, 1984
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 58 to 39
- Confirmed
- August 9, 1984
- Commissioned
- August 13, 1984
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1944, 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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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- U.S. Army, 1968-1969
- Republican candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia, 1970
- Law clerk, Hon. Lewis F. Powell, Supreme Court of the United States, 1972-1973
- Faculty, University of Virginia School of Law, 1973-1978, 1983; associate professor, 1973-1978; professor, 1983
- Editorial page editor, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 1978-1981
- Deputy assistant attorney general, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1982-1983
- Board member, Federal Judicial Center, 1992-1996
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1996-2003
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