Henry Rupert Wilhoit Jr.

Henry Rupert Wilhoit Jr. (born February 11, 1935) is a United States federal judge.

Born in Ashland, Kentucky, Wilhoit received an LL.B. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1960. He was in private practice in Grayson, Kentucky from 1960 to 1981, serving as a city attorney for Grayson from 1962 to 1966, and was a county attorney of Carter County, Kentucky from 1966 to 1970.

On August 11, 1981, Wilhoit was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky vacated by Howard David Hermansdorfer. Wilhoit was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 25, 1981, and received his commission on September 28, 1981. He served as chief judge from 1998 to 2000, assuming senior status on December 31, 2000.

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Preceded by Howard David Hermansdorfer	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky 1981–2000	Succeeded by Karen K. Caldwell

Current senior district judges of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

E. Kentucky	Bertelsman Wilhoit Hood

W. Kentucky	Simpson Russell

E. Michigan	Joiner Harvey Churchill Cook Cohn Newblatt Taylor Friedman Rosen Cleland Edmunds O'Meara Steeh Tarnow Battani

W. Michigan	Quist

N. Ohio	Carr Economus

S. Ohio	Rice Weber Graham Smith Beckwith

E. Tennessee	Jordan Phillips Collier

M. Tennessee	Wiseman Nixon Higgins Haynes

W. Tennessee	Todd McCalla Mays

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 167665057 LCCN: no2011025641 ISNI: 0000 0001 1505 7024

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