Michael Henry Sheridan
{{Short description|American judge (1912–1976)}}
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| office = Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
| term_start = 1962
| term_end = 1976
| predecessor = Frederick Voris Follmer
| successor = William Joseph Nealon Jr.
| office1 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
| term_start1 = August 30, 1961
| term_end1 = August 23, 1976
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| appointer1 = John F. Kennedy
| predecessor1 = Seat established by 75 Stat. 80
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| birth_name = Michael Henry Sheridan
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| birth_place = Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
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| death_place = Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
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| education = Lafayette College (B.S.)
{{nowrap|Penn State Dickinson Law (LL.B.)}}
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Michael Henry Sheridan (July 8, 1912 – August 23, 1976) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Education and career
Sheridan was born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, Sheridan received a Bachelor of Science degree from Lafayette College in 1933. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law) in 1936. He entered private practice from 1937 to 1942. He was in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1947. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C. in 1947. He returned to private practice from 1948 to 1961.{{FJC Bio|2176|nid=1387756|name=Michael Henry Sheridan}}
Federal judicial service
Sheridan was nominated by President John F. Kennedy on August 15, 1961, to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, to a new seat created by 75 Stat. 80. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 30, 1961, and received his commission the same day. He served as Chief Judge from 1962 to 1976. and as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1972 to 1975. His service was terminated on August 23, 1976, due to his death at his residence at the Westmoreland Club in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Judge Michael H. Sheridan; On Bench in Pennsylvania |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/24/archives/judge-michael-h-sheridan-on-bench-in-pennsylvania.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 24, 1976}}
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- {{FJC Bio|2176|nid=1387756|name=Michael Henry Sheridan}}
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Category:People from Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
Category:Military personnel from Pennsylvania
Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Category:United States district court judges appointed by John F. Kennedy
Category:Lafayette College alumni