Henry Franklin Severens

Personal

Birthday: 
5/11/1835
Birthplace: 
Rockingham, VT
Date of Death: 
6/8/1923
Place of Death: 
Kalamazoo, MI
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Three Rivers, Michigan, 1860-1861
Prosecutor, St. Joseph County, Michigan, 1861-1864
Private practice, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1865-1886
Land developer, Allegan County, Michigan

Education

Name of School: 
Middlebury College
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1857
Name of School - Second: 
Read law
Degree Year - Second: 
1859

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
Court Name: 

Michigan Western District Court

President Nominating: 
Grover Cleveland
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
05/25/1886
Termination Date: 
3/16/1900
Termination Reason: 
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit
Commission Date - Second: 
2/20/1900
Termination Date - Second: 
10/3/1911
Termination Reason - Second: 
Resignation
Court Name - Third: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Court Name - Third: 

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Third: 
2/20/1900
Termination Date - Third: 
10/3/1911
Termination Reason - Third: 
Resignation