Just 2 days after becoming the longest serving United States District Judge in history, Senior United States District Judge William J. Nealon of the Middle District of Pennsylvania died today in Scranton.
His death brings to an end the J.F.K. era on the Federal Courts, almost 55 years after his death.
United States District Judge Manuel Real of the Central District of California now takes the title of longest serving current United States District Judge. He has served since November 3, 1966.
Senior United States District Judge Jack Weinstein of the Eastern District of New York, the only other remaining LBJ appointee, has served since April 15, 1967.
