Judicial Nomination, 1956/1981
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- Box 225, Folder 7
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Herbert Bateman was nominated by Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr. for consideration for one of two Federal District Judgeships for the Eastern District of Virginia in 1977 Herbert Bateman was nominated by Senator John Warner for a vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1981. Robert Heron Bork got the judgeship. 1957 Court of Appeals publications are included. 1977 material includes a questionnaire. 1981 file includes letters of support from politicians and other important people, such as Strom Thurmond, Mills Godwin, Jerry Farwell and James L. Ketelsen, Chairman of Tenneco, with attached response from Vice President George Bush. There is also a biography, letters to possible supporters, and a list of people to contact to help with recommendations
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