John Feikens

Who was John Feikens?

John F. Feikens was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan. He was the Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Feikens had the unusual honor of being nominated to the same district court by three presidents.

Feikens was born in Clifton, New Jersey. He later resided in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan. He was educated at Calvin College, receiving a B.A. in 1939, followed by a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1941. He practiced law in Detroit from 1942 to 1960 and from 1961 to 1970.

He worked in the priorities and war allocations department of the Detrex Corporation, in Detroit, Michigan from 1942 to 1946. He entered the private practice of law in Detroit in 1946. He was an alternate delegate to the 1952 Republican National Convention, a delegate to the 1956 convention, and an alternate delegate in 1960. He served as chairman of the Michigan Republican Party from 1953 to 1957 and was a member of the Republican National Committee in 1954.

Feikens was first nominated to the bench by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.