David R. Hansen
| David Rasmussen Hansen | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | |
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Assumed office April 1, 2003 |
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| Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | |
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In office February 1, 2002 – April 1, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Roger Leland Wollman |
| Succeeded by | James B. Loken |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | |
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In office November 18, 1991 – April 1, 2003 |
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| Appointed by | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089 |
| Succeeded by | Steven Colloton |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa | |
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In office March 4, 1986 – November 18, 1991 |
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| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Edward Joseph McManus |
| Succeeded by | Michael Joseph Melloy |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
David Rasmussen Hansen March 16, 1938 Exira, Iowa |
| Education |
Northwest Missouri State University (B.A.) George Washington University Law School (J.D.) |
David Rasmussen Hansen (born March 16, 1938) is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.
Born in Exira, Iowa, Hansen received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwest Missouri State University, in 1960 and a Juris Doctor from George Washington University Law School, in 1963. He was in private practice in Atlantic, Iowa, from 1963 to 1964. He was in the United States Army JAG Corps, from 1964 to 1968. He was in private practice in Iowa Falls, Iowa, from 1968 to 1976.
He was a judge on the police court, Iowa Falls, from 1969 to 1973, and was a partner in Win-Gin Farms, in Iowa Falls, Iowa, from 1971 to the present. He was chairman, Hardin county Republican central committee, from 1975 to 1976. He was a judge on the 2nd judicial district, Iowa district court, from 1976 to 1986.
Hansen was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. He was nominated by President Ronald Reagan, on February 3, 1986, to a seat vacated by Edward Joseph McManus. He was confirmed by the United States Senate, on March 3, 1986 and received his commission on March 4, 1986. Hansen served in that capacity until November 18, 1991, when he was elevated to the Eighth Circuit.
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