Andrew Wendell Bogue Explained

Andrew Wendell Bogue
Office:Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota
Term Start:July 1, 1985
Term End:June 10, 2009
Office1:Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota
Term Start1:1980
Term End1:1985
Predecessor1:Fred Joseph Nichol
Successor1:Donald James Porter
Office2:Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota
Term Start2:April 24, 1970
Term End2:July 1, 1985
Appointer2:Richard Nixon
Predecessor2:Axel J. Beck
Successor2:Richard Battey
Birth Name:Andrew Wendell Bogue
Birth Date:23 May 1919
Birth Place:Yankton, South Dakota
Death Place:Hisega, South Dakota
Education:
University of South Dakota (LL.B.)
Allegiance: United States
Rank: Captain
Unit:J.A.G. Corps
Serviceyears:1941-1952
Battles:World War II

Andrew Wendell Bogue (May 23, 1919 – June 10, 2009) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.

Education and career

Born in Yankton, South Dakota, Bogue received a Bachelor of Science degree from South Dakota State College in 1941 and was in the United States Army Signal Corps during World War II, from 1943 to 1946. He received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1947. He entered private practice in Parker, South Dakota later that year.

He returned to the military as a First Lieutenant after attending The JAG School and entered U.S. Army JAG Corps. He was promoted to Captain in 1951. He retired from military service in 1952. He was thereafter a state's attorney of Turner County, South Dakota from 1952 to 1954, resuming his private practice in Parker from 1954 to 1957, and then in Canton, South Dakota until 1967. He was a judge of the Second Judicial District in Sioux Falls, South Dakota from 1967 to 1970.

Federal judicial service

On March 19, 1970, Bogue was nominated by President Richard Nixon to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota vacated by Judge Axel J. Beck. Bogue was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 23, 1970, and received his commission on April 24, 1970. He served as Chief Judge from 1980 to 1985, assuming senior status on July 1, 1985, and continuing to serve in that capacity until his death, on June 10, 2009, in Hisega, South Dakota.

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