James Ellsworth Noland (April 22, 1920 – August 12, 1992) was a

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from

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and a

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of the

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Education

Born in La Grange,

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, Noland received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from

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in 1942 and a

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from

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in 1943. He was in the

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during

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, from 1943 to 1946. He received a

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from

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in 1948.

Career

Noland was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election to the Eightieth Congress from Indiana in 1946. He was in private practice in Bloomington,

from 1948 to 1949. He was a

from Indiana from 1949 to 1951. He ran unsuccessfully for reelection in 1950. He was in private practice in

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, Indiana from 1951 to 1966. During that time, he also served as an assistant state attorney general of Indiana in 1952, and as an Indiana state election commissioner in 1954. He was an assistant city attorney of Indianapolis in 1956, and a first assistant city attorney of Indianapolis from 1956 to 1957. He was a member of the Indiana State Election Board from 1958 to 1966.

Federal judicial service

On October 6, 1966, Noland was nominated by President

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to a new seat on the

created by 80 Stat. 75. He was confirmed by the

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on October 20, 1966, and received his commission on November 3, 1966. He served as Chief Judge from 1984 to 1986, assuming senior status on December 31, 1986. He was a Judge of the

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from 1983 to 1990 and Presiding Judge of that court from 1988 to 1990. Noland remained in senior status until his death, on August 12, 1992, in Indianapolis. He was interred in that city's

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Biography of James Ellsworth Noland
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