A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. |
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In office
January 31, 1991 – March 5, 1993 |
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In office
January 15, 1990 – January 31, 1991 |
| Preceded by | John Joseph Gibbons |
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| Succeeded by | Dolores Sloviter |
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In office
May 19, 1979 – May 18, 1986 |
| Appointed by | Warren E. Burger |
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| Preceded by | Seat established |
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| Succeeded by | Collins J. Seitz |
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In office
October 11, 1977 – January 31, 1991 |
| Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
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| Preceded by | Francis Lund Van Dusen |
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| Succeeded by | Theodore McKee |
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In office
March 17, 1964 – November 7, 1977 |
| Appointed by | Lyndon B. Johnson |
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| Preceded by | James Cullen Ganey |
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| Succeeded by | Louis H. Pollak |
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| Born | Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr.
(1928-02-25)February 25, 1928
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| Died | December 14, 1998(1998-12-14) (aged 70)
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| Spouse | Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham |
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| Education | Purdue University
Antioch College (BA)
Yale University (LLB) |
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Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr. (February 25, 1928 – December 14, 1998) was an American civil rights advocate, historian, presidential adviser, and federal court judge. From 1990 to 1991, he served as chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Originally nominated to the bench by President Kennedy in 1963, Higginbotham was the seventh African-American Article III judge appointed in the United States, and the first African-American United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He was elevated to the Third Circuit in 1977, serving as a federal judge for nearly 30 years in all. In 1995, President Bill Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Higginbotham used the name "Leon" informally.