James Stuart Holden

James Stuart Holden
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont
In office
January 29, 1984 – November 18, 1996
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont
In office
1972–1983
Preceded byBernard Joseph Leddy
Succeeded byAlbert Wheeler Coffrin
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont
In office
November 30, 1971 – January 29, 1984
Appointed byRichard Nixon
Preceded byJames L. Oakes
Succeeded byFranklin S. Billings Jr.
Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
In office
1963–1972
Preceded byBenjamin N. Hulburd
Succeeded byPercival L. Shangraw
Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
In office
1956–1963
Preceded byPaul A. Chase
Succeeded byHarold C. Sylvester
Judge of the Vermont Superior Court
In office
1949–1956
Preceded byHenry F. Black
Succeeded byF. Ray Keyser Sr.
Chairman of the Vermont Public Service Commission
In office
1948–1949
Preceded byPaul A. Chase
Succeeded byN. Henry Press
State's Attorney of Bennington County, Vermont
In office
1947–1948
Preceded byWilliam T. Jerome Jr.
Succeeded byWaldo C. Holden
Personal details
Born(1914-01-29)January 29, 1914
Bennington, Vermont
DiedNovember 18, 1996(1996-11-18) (aged 82)
Longwood, Florida
Resting placePark Lawn Cemetery, Bennington, Vermont
Political partyRepublican
SpouseHelen Elizabeth Vetal (m. 1941)
Children3
Parent(s)Edward Henry Holden
Mary Anstiss (Thayer) Holden
Alma materDartmouth College (A.B.)
Albany Law School (LL.B.)
ProfessionAttorney

James Stuart Holden (January 29, 1914 – November 18, 1996) was an American attorney and judge. He served as an associate justice and chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and later as a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.


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