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|appointed=[[Ronald Reagan]]
|appointed=[[Ronald Reagan]]
|preceded=Edward James Boyle, Sr.
|preceded=Edward James Boyle, Sr.
|succeeded=Jay Zainey
|succeeded=Jay C. Zainey
|office2=Louisiana State Representative<br> for Jefferson Parish
|office2=Louisiana State Representative<br> for Jefferson Parish
|term_start2=1976
|term_start2=1976
In 1980, McNamara supported the [[Ronald W. Reagan]] and [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] national ticket against [[Jimmy Carter]] and [[Walter Mondale]]. President Reagan thereafter nominated McNamara for the bench on May 5, 1982, for the seat vacated by Judge Edward James Boyle, Sr., and the [[U.S. Senate]] quickly confirmed him.
In 1980, McNamara supported the [[Ronald W. Reagan]] and [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] national ticket against [[Jimmy Carter]] and [[Walter Mondale]]. President Reagan thereafter nominated McNamara for the bench on May 5, 1982, for the seat vacated by Judge Edward James Boyle, Sr., and the [[U.S. Senate]] quickly confirmed him.
McNamara was succeeded full-time on the court by Judge Jay Zainey (born 1951), a nominee of President [[George W. Bush]], who was confirmed on October 10, 2001.
McNamara was succeeded full-time on the court by Judge Jay C. Zainey (born 1951), a nominee of President [[George W. Bush]], who was confirmed on October 10, 2001.
==Family and death==
==Family and death==