James Alger Fee

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James Alger Fee

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Prior offices
United States District Court for the District of Oregon
United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Education

Bachelor's

Whitman College, 1910

Law

Columbia Law School, 1914

Personal
Birthplace
Pendleton, Ore.

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James Alger Fee (1888-1959) was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon and the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

Early life and education

  • Whitman College, A.B., 1910
  • Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1914[1]

Professional career

  • Private practice, Pendleton, Oregon, 1914-1916
  • City attorney, Pendleton, Oregon, 1916-1917
  • U.S. Army Air Corps Lieutenant, 1917-1919
  • Member, Legal Staff, War Department, 1919-1920
  • Private practice, Pendleton, Oregon, 1920-1927
  • Judge, Circuit Court of Oregon, 1927-1931[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Ninth Circuit

Fee was nominated to the Ninth Circuit by President Dwight Eisenhower on April 6, 1954, to a seat vacated by Clifton Mathews; he was confirmed by the Senate on April 23, 1954, and received commission on April 30, 1954. He served the Ninth Circuit until his death on August 25, 1959.[1]

District of Oregon

Fee received a recess appointment to the District of Oregon from President Herbert Hoover on March 18, 1931, to a seat vacated by Robert Sharp Bean; nominated on December 15, 1931; he was confirmed by the Senate on December 22, 1931, and received commission the next day. From 1948-1954, he served as the chief judge. He served the District of Oregon until he was elevated to the Ninth Circuit on April 30, 1954.[1] Fee was succeeded in this position by William East.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Fee's Biography at the Federal Judicial Center
Political offices
Preceded by:
Robert Sharp Bean 		District of Oregon
1931–1954
Seat #2 		Succeeded by:
William East
Preceded by:
Clifton Mathews 		Ninth Circuit
1954–1959 		Succeeded by:
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