Bernard Thomas Moynahan Jr.

Bernard Thomas Moynahan Jr.
Bernard Thomas Moynahan Jr.
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
	In office; September 30, 1984 – September 30, 1999
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
	In office; 1969–1984
Preceded by	Mac Swinford
Succeeded by	Eugene Edward Siler Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
	In office; November 8, 1963 – September 30, 1984
Appointed by	John F. Kennedy
Preceded by	Hiram Church Ford
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Personal details
Born	Bernard Thomas Moynahan Jr.; December 29, 1918; Akron, Ohio
Died	September 30, 1999 (aged 80); Lexington, Kentucky
Education	University of Kentucky (A.B.); University of Kentucky College of Law (LL.B.)

Education and career

Born in Akron, Ohio, Moynahan received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of Kentucky in 1935, and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1938. He was in private practice in Lexington, Kentucky from 1938 to 1939, and in Nicholasville, Kentucky from 1940 to 1942. He served in the United States Army Air Corps as a First Lieutenant during World War II, from 1942 to 1945. He was county attorney of Jessamine County, Kentucky from 1946 to 1954, returning to private practice in Nicholasville from 1954 to 1961. He was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky from 1961 to 1963.[1]

On September 16, 1963, Moynahan was nominated by President John F. Kennedy to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky vacated by Judge Hiram Church Ford. Moynahan was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 4, 1963, and received his commission on November 8, 1963. He served as Chief Judge from 1969 to 1984, assuming senior status on September 30, 1984. Moynahan served in that capacity until his death on September 30, 1999, in Lexington.[1]

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Legal offices
Preceded by Hiram Church Ford	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky 1963–1984	Succeeded by Seat abolished
Preceded by Mac Swinford	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky 1969–1984	Succeeded by Eugene Edward Siler Jr.

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