Oren Harris

Oren Harris

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Years in office: 1976 - 1997

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Years in office: 1965 - 1976

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United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas

Years in office: 1976 - 1997

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Years in office: 1965 - 1976

Education

Bachelor's

Henderson-Brown State College, 1929

Law

Cumberland Law School, 1930

Personal

Birthplace

Arkansas

Oren Harris (1903-1997) was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

Harris was nominated to both the Western District of Arkansas and the Eastern District of Arkansas by President Lyndon Johnson on July 26, 1965, to a new seat created by 75 Stat. 80; he was confirmed by the Senate on August 11, 1965, and received commission the next day. From 1967-1973, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on February 3, 1976. He served the Western and Eastern Districts of Arkansas until his death on February 5, 1997. Harris was succeeded in this position by Elsijane Roy.

Early life and education

• Henderson-Brown State College, A.B., 1929
• Cumberland Law School, LL.B., 1930

Professional career

• Private practice, El Dorado, Arkansas, 1930-1941
• Deputy prosecuting attorney, 13th Judicial District of Arkansas, 1933-1936
• Prosecuting attorney, 13th Judicial District of Arkansas, 1937-1940
• U.S. Representative from Arkansas, 1941-1966

Judicial career

Eastern District of Arkansas

Harris was nominated to both the Western District of Arkansas and the Eastern District of Arkansas by President Lyndon Johnson on July 26, 1965, to a new seat created by 75 Stat. 80;^[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on August 11, 1965, and received commission the next day. From 1967-1973, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on February 3, 1976. He served the Western and Eastern Districts of Arkansas until his death on February 5, 1997. Harris was succeeded in this position by Elsijane Roy.

External links

• Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
Active judges	Chief Judge: Brian Miller (Arkansas)Chief Judge: Kristine Gerhard Baker   •  D.P. Marshall Jr.  •  James Moody Jr. (Arkansas federal court judge)  •  Lee Rudofsky
Senior judges	Susan Webber Wright  •
Magistrate judges	J. Thomas Ray  •  Jerome Kearney  •  Joe J. Volpe  •  Patricia S. Harris  •  Edie Ervin  •
Former Article III judges	J. Leon Holmes  •  Garnett Eisele  •  William Wilson (Arkansas)  •  James M. Moody Sr. (Arkansas federal judge)  •  Henry Woods  •  William Overton  •  Richard Arnold (Arkansas)  •  Terry Shell  •  Daniel Ringo  •  Henry Clay Caldwell  •  John Williams (Arkansas)  •  Jacob Trieber  •  John Ellis Martineau  •  Thomas Trimble  •  Harry Lemley  •  Oren Harris  •  Jesse Henley  •  George Howard  •  Elsijane Roy  •  Stephen Reasoner  •  Gordon Young  •
Former Chief judges	Garnett Eisele  •  D.P. Marshall Jr.  •  Thomas Trimble  •  Jesse Henley  •  Susan Webber Wright  •  Stephen Reasoner  •

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
Active judges	Chief Judge: Susan Hickey   •  Timothy Brooks (Arkansas)
Senior judges	Jimm Hendren  •  Robert Dawson (Arkansas)  •  Paul K. Holmes  •
Magistrate judges	Barry Bryant  •  Erin Wiedemann  •  Mark E. Ford  •  Christy Comstock  •
Former Article III judges	Harry Barnes  •  Richard Arnold (Arkansas)  •  Terry Shell  •  Morris Arnold  •  Daniel Ringo  •  Hugh Waters  •  Henry Clay Caldwell  •  Isaac Charles Parker  •  William Story  •  John Henry Rogers  •  Frank Youmans  •  Heartsill Ragon  •  Harry Lemley  •  John Elvis Miller  •  Oren Harris  •  Jesse Henley  •  Susan Webber Wright  •  George Howard  •  Elsijane Roy  •  Paul Williams (Arkansas)  •  Paul K. Holmes  •
Former Chief judges	Jimm Hendren  •  Hugh Waters  •  Harry Lemley  •  John Elvis Miller  •  Oren Harris  •  Paul Williams (Arkansas)  •  Paul K. Holmes  •

v • e Federal judges nominated by Lyndon Johnson
1964	Anderson • Bratton • Christie • Collins • Cowen • Davis • Ely • Freedman • Gordon • Higginbotham • McNichols • Muecke • Nichols • Port • Rabinovitz • Robinson • Simons • Suttle • Weber • Whelan • Zampano
1965	Bryant • Celebrezze • Coffin • Coleman • Collinson • Corcoran • Doyle • Eubanks • Fortas • Frankel • Gasch • Gibson • Gordon • Harris • Hemphill • Hill • Hunter • Landis • Langley • Leventhal • Maxwell • McEntee • Mehrtens • Nichol • Reynolds • Russell • Smith • Tamm • Thornberry • Young
1966	Ainsworth • Atkins • Boyle • Cabot • Cassibry • Copple • Craven • Cummings • Dyer • Fairchild • Feinberg • Ferguson • Fullam • Garrity • Godbold • Goldberg • Goodwin • Gray • Guinn • Harvey • Hauk • Heaney • Heebe • Hickey • Hogan • Kaufman • Kinneary • Krentzman • Lay • Leddy • Lord • Lynch • MacKenzie • Mansfield • McCree • McRae • Mitchell • Motley • Napoli • Nichols • Noland • Peck II • Peckham • Pettine • Pittman • Porter • Real • Roberts • Robinson • Robinson • Rubin • Russell • Scott • Seals • Seitz • Simpson • Singleton • Skelton • Smith • Smith • Taylor • Thomas • von der Heydt • Watson • Winter • Wise
1967	Arnow • Beckworth • Belloni • Butzner • Cancio • Carter • Clayton • Combs • Comiskey • Curtin • Eaton • Edenfield • Fernandez-Badillo • Gesell • Gordon • Jones • Keith • Kellam • Lambros • Maletz • Marshall • Masterson • Merhige • Morgan • Murray • Neville • Pollack • Pregerson • Theis • Troutman • Van Dusen • Waddy • Weiner • Weinstein • Whipple • Williams
1968	Aldisert • Baldwin • Bownes • Bright • Green • Gubow • Henderson • Holloway • Hufstedler • Judd • Justice • Keady • Kerner, Jr. • Lasker • Latchum • Lawrence • McMillan • Morgan • Newman • Nixon • Pratt • Re • Rosenstein • Schwartz • Smith • Stahl • Travia • Woodward