Stephen N. Limbaugh Sr. | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri | |
In office May 1, 1996 – July 31, 2008 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri | |
In office July 19, 1983 – May 1, 1996 | |
Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Harris Kenneth Wangelin |
Succeeded by | Rodney W. Sippel |
Personal details | |
Born | Stephen Nathaniel Limbaugh November 17, 1927 Cape Girardeau, Missouri |
Children | Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. |
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Relatives | Limbaugh family |
Education | Southeast Missouri State University (BA) University of Missouri (JD) |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1946-1948 |
Stephen Nathaniel Limbaugh Sr. (born November 17, 1927) is a former United States District Judge who held concurrent appointments to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri from 1983 until his retirement in 2008. He was appointed by president Ronald Reagan in the early 1980s after a distinguished career as a trial lawyer in Missouri. Like his father Rush Limbaugh Sr. before him, Limbaugh served as president of the Missouri Bar from 1982 to his appointment to the bench.[1] His son, Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr., is a federal judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.[2]
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