Norman Park Ramsey was a United States federal judge

United States federal judge

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Born in Fairchance, Pennsylvania

Fairchance, Pennsylvania

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, Ramsey was a U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant from 1943 to 1946. He received an LL.B. from the University of Maryland School of Law

University of Maryland School of Law

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 in 1947. He was a law clerk

Law clerk

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, Hon. W.C. Chesnut, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland from 1946 to 1947. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney of the District of Maryland from 1947 to 1950. He was in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland from 1950 to 1955. He was a Deputy state attorney general of Maryland from 1955 to 1957. He was in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland from 1957 to 1980. He was in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland in 1993.

Ramsey was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland

United States District Court for the District of Maryland

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. Ramsey was nominated by President Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

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 on July 25, 1980, to a seat vacated by Charles Stanley Blair

Charles Stanley Blair

Charles Stanley Blair was a United States federal judge.Born in Kingsville, Maryland, Blair received a B.S. from the University of Maryland in 1951 and an LL.B. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1953. He was a U.S. Maritime Service from 1945 to 1947. He was in the United States Army...

. He was confirmed by the United States Senate

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 on September 29, 1980, and received his commission on September 30, 1980. He assumed senior status

Senior status

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 on November 1, 1991. Ramsey served in that capacity until September 30, 1992, due to retirement.

He died in Baltimore, Maryland.

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