Robert Andrew Ainsworth, Jr.

Robert Andrew Ainsworth, Jr. (May 10, 1910 – December 22, 1981) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Gulfport, Mississippi, Ainsworth received an LL.B. from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law in 1932. He was in private practice in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1932 to 1961. He was s Lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War II, in 1944. He was a member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1952 to 1961, serving as President pro tem from 1952 to 1956 and from 1960 to 1961.

On September 14, 1961, Ainsworth was nominated by President John F. Kennedy to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana created by 75 Stat. 80. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 21, 1961, and received his commission the following day.

On June 28, 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Ainsworth for elevation to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit created by 80 Stat. 75. He was again confirmed by the United States Senate on July 22, 1966, receiving his commission the same day. He served thereafter until his death, in 1981.

Judge Ainsworth was the son of a railroad conductor, and he obtained a job for his father, after the father's retirement from the railroad, as Crier of the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Fourth Circuit, which sits in New Orleans. Flanking the front doors of Judge Ainsworth's elegant Greek Revival raised cottage fronted by Corinthian columns, on Arabella Street in New Orleans, are two antique railroad lanterns.

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