Ross Rizley
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Ross Rizley (1892-1969) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
Rizley was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on February 10, 1956, to a seat vacated by Edgar Vaught; he was confirmed by the Senate on March 1, 1956, and received commission on April 13, 1956. He assumed senior status on March 26, 1965, and served in that capacity until his death on March 4, 1969.[1] Rizley was succeeded in this position by Luther Eubanks.
Early life and education
- University of Kansas City, LL.B., 1915[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Beaver, Oklahoma, 1915-1920
- County attorney, Beaver County, Oklahoma, 1918-1920
- Private practice, Guymon, Oklahoma, 1920-1956
- Member, Guymon Board of Education, 1924-1932
- City attorney, Guymon, Oklahoma, 1928-1938
- Oklahoma state senator, 1931-1934
- Candidate for State Governor, Oklahoma, 1938
- U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, 1941-1949
- Solicitor, Post Office Department, 1953
- Assistant U.S. secretary of agriculture, 1953-1954
- Chairman, U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board, 1955-1956[1]
Judicial career
Western District of Oklahoma
Rizley was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on February 10, 1956, to a seat vacated by Edgar Vaught; he was confirmed by the Senate on March 1, 1956, and received commission on April 13, 1956. He assumed senior status on March 26, 1965, and served in that capacity until his death on March 4, 1969.[1] Rizley was succeeded in this position by Luther Eubanks.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ross Rizley's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Edgar Vaught |
Western District of Oklahoma 1956–1965 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Luther Eubanks
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| 1953 |
Boldt • Bruchhausen • Cecil • Dawkins, Jr. • Grooms • Hamlin • Hoffman • Knoch • Schnackenberg • Warren • Willson | ||
| 1954 |
Aldrich • Anderson • Bastian • Bicks • Bootle • Boreman • Breitenstein • Brooks • Cecil • Chambers • Choate • Christensen • Connell • Danaher • Dawson • Day • Fee • Freeman • Halbert • Harlan • Hincks • Hoffman • Holder • Hunter • Ingraham • Laramore • Kent • Lemmon • Lord • McGarraghy • Mickelson • Miller • Palmieri • Parkinson • Rogers • Ross • Stewart • Taylor • Thomsen • Tuttle • Van Oosterhout • Vogel • Walsh • Whittaker • Wilson | ||
| 1955 |
Alger • Brown • Cameron • Clarke • Davies • Devitt • East • Estes • Grubb • Harlan • Jertberg • Jones • Lumbard • McIlvaine • Miller • Register • Sorg • Van Dusen • Waterman • Watkins • Wortendyke • Wright | ||
| 1956 |
Barnes • Bryan • Burger • Cashin • Hamley • Herlands • Johnson • Juergens • Kerr • Kraft • Levet • Lewis • Lieb • Mercer • Morgan • Rich • Rizley • Robinson • Smith • Sobeloff • Weick • Whittaker | ||
| 1957 |
Arraj • Breitenstein • Brennan • Egan • Gignoux • Grant • Hastings • Haynsworth • Hicklin • Jameson • Layton • Moore • O'Sullivan • Parkinson • Richardson • Sirica • Stanley • Thompson • Van Pelt • Weber • Whittaker • Wisdom • Zavatt | ||
| 1958 |
Beck • Burke • Carswell • Clayton • Hamlin • Henley • Jertberg • Knoch • Martin • Matthes • Miner • Morrill • Poos • Robson • Stanley • Steel • Stewart • Wollenberg | ||
| 1959 |
Aldrich • Bartels • Blackmun • Boreman • Butler • Castle • Cecil • Crocker • Dalton • Field • Fisher • Forman • Friendly • Hart • Henderson • Henley • Julian • Kalbfleisch • Kilkenny • Koelsch • Kunzel • MacMahon • Merrill • Metzner • Powell • Smith • Sweigert • Walsh • Weick • Weinman • Wood • Worley • Young | ||
| 1960 |
Caffrey • Chilson • Durfee • Hodge • Kaess • Lane • Lewis • Mishler • O'Sullivan • Paul • Smith • Stephenson • Tavares • Timbers | ||
