Lester LeFevre Cecil

Judge Lester LeFevre Cecil

Personal

Birthday:

11/21/1893

Birthplace:

Miami County, OH

Date of Death:

11/26/1982

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Dayton, Ohio, 1917-1918, 1918-1922
U.S. Army sergeant, 1918
City prosecutor, Dayton, Ohio, 1922-1925
Judge, Dayton [Ohio] Municipal Court, 1926-1929
Judge, Montgomery County [Ohio] Court of Common Pleas, 1929-1953

Education

Name of School:

University of Michigan Law School

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Degree:

LL.B.

Degree Year:

1917

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio

Court Name:

Ohio Southern District Court

President Nominating:

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

4/23/1953

Termination Date:

7/28/1959

Termination Reason:

Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Court Name - Second:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Court Name - Second:

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second:

7/18/1959

Retirement from Active Service - Second:

8/1/1965

Termination Date - Second:

11/26/1982

Termination Reason - Second:

Death