Robert Francis Peckham

Biography of Robert Francis Peckham

Family Name (Surname): Peckham
First Name: Robert
Middle Name: Francis
Date of Birth: November , 3 , 1920
Place of Birth (POB): San Francisco , California (US-CA, CA, 06, CF, Calif., Ca., Cal.)
Date of Death: February , 16 , 1993
Place of Death (POD): San Francisco , California (US-CA, CA, 06, CF, Calif., Ca., Cal.)
Gender Identity: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White

Court Name: United States District Court, Northern District of California
Court Type: United States District Court
Appointment under the Presidency of: Lyndon B. Johnson ( Democratic )
Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 09/09/1966
American Bar Association (ABA) Ratings of judicial nominees (majority rating): Qualified
New Seat
Authorization legislation: 80 Stat. 75
Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 09/09/1966
Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
Committee action date: 10/20/1966
Senate voice vote?: Yes
Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 10/20/1966
Commission Date: 11/03/1966
Date of Service as Chief Judge (begin): 1976
Termination of Service as Chief Judge (Date): 1988
Retirement from Active Service: 11/11/1988
Date of Termination: 02/16/1993
Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Private practice, Palo Alto and Sunnyvale, California, 1946-1948, 1953-1959
Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of California, 1948-1953; chief assistant, Criminal Division, 1952-1953
Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, 1959-1966; presiding judge, 1961-1963, 1965-1966