J. Smith Henley
| Jesse Smith Henley | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | |
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In office March 14, 1975 – May 31, 1982 |
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| Nominated by | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Pat Mehaffy |
| Succeeded by | Pasco Bowman II |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas | |
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In office September 8, 1959 – March 24, 1975 |
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| Nominated by | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | Harry J. Lemley |
| Succeeded by | Terry Lee Shell |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas | |
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In office October 25, 1958 – September 11, 1959 |
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| Nominated by | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | Thomas Clark Trimble III |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Elmo Young |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 18, 1917 Saint Joe, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | October 18, 1997 (aged 80) Harrison, Arkansas Arkansas |
| Resting place | Henley Cemetery, Saint Joe, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Arkansas School of Law |
| Profession | Attorney |
Jesse Smith Henley (May 18, 1917 – October 18, 1997) was a United States federal judge from Arkansas.
Henley was born in Saint Joe in Searcy County in northern Arkansas to Benjamin Harrison Henley and the former Jessie Genoa Willis Smith. In 1941, Henley received an LL.B. from the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville. He was in private practice in Fayetteville from 1941 to 1954. From 1943 to 1945, he was a clerk and a Referee in Bankruptcy for the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. In 1954, he became an associate general counsel in the Federal Communications Commission. In 1956, he was named a director in the Office of Administrative Procedure of the United States Department of Justice.
When Judge Thomas Clark Trimble III retired, the Arkansas Republican State Committee recommended Osro Cobb, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas as Trimble's successor. Trimble had sworn in Cobb as U.S. attorney in 1954. A former Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, Cobb carried the support of Democratic U.S. Senators John Little McClellan and J. William Fulbright. Attorney General of the United States Herbert Brownell Jr., had also promised to support Cobb for the judicial opening. The Little Rock Integration Crisis, however, ensued, and Cobb continued as U.S. attorney during the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock. Brownell, meanwhile, resigned and was replaced by William P. Rogers. Cobb later said that his oil investments began to multiply and paid far more than he would have earned as a federal judge had he gotten the appointment that he sought.
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