John Simpson Hastings

Judge John Simpson Hastings

Personal

Birthday:

6/30/1898

Birthplace:

Washington, IN

Date of Death:

2/7/1977

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Army lieutenant, Field Artillery, 1920-1921
Private practice, Washington, Indiana, 1924-1957

Education

Name of School:

U.S. Military Academy

Degree:

B.S.

Degree Year:

1920

Name of School - Second:

Indiana University Maurer School of Law - Bloomington

For more than 150 years, the Indiana University School of Law has provided top-flight, transformative legal education. With just over 750 students, drawn from more than 100 undergraduate schools and from three continents, Indiana Law retains a distinctive sense of collegiality and community in the stimulating, cosmopolitan college town of Bloomington, Ind.

Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1924

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Court Name:

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating:

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

8/26/1957

Retirement from Active Service:

2/1/1969

Termination Date:

2/7/1977

Termination Reason:

Death