Edward Thaxter Gignoux

Edward Gignoux
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine
In office October 5, 1979 – June 1, 1983
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Conrad Cyr
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine
In office August 26, 1957 – June 1, 1983
Appointed by	Dwight Eisenhower
Preceded by	John Clifford
Succeeded by	Gene Carter
Personal details
Born	(1916-06-28)June 28, 1916 Portland, Maine, U.S.
Died	Portland, Maine, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Harvard University

Edward Thaxter Gignoux (June 28, 1916 – November 4, 1988) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Portland, Maine, Gignoux received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1937 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1940. He was in private practice in Buffalo, New York from 1940 to 1941, then in Washington, D.C. from 1941 to 1942. He was in the United States Army during World War II, from 1942 to 1946, returning to private practice in Portland, Maine from 1946 to 1957.

On August 9, 1957, Gignoux was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Maine vacated by John David Clifford, Jr. Gignoux was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 22, 1957, and received his commission on August 26, 1957. He served as chief judge from 1978 to 1983, during which time the Edward T. Gignoux U.S. Courthouse was named in his honor in 1982. He assumed senior status on June 1, 1983, serving in that capacity until his death, in Portland, Maine.

Sources

• Edward Thaxter Gignoux at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by John Clifford	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 1957–1983	Succeeded by Gene Carter
New office	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 1979–1983	Succeeded by Conrad Cyr