Richard Duncan
| Richard Duncan | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | |
| Title: | Former Federal Judge |
| Position: | Seat #5T |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Active: | 7/14/1943 - 5/31/1965 |
| Senior: | 5/31/1965 - 8/1/1974 |
| Preceded by: | 56 Stat. 1083 |
| Succeeded by: | William Collinson |
| Past post: | Western District of Missouri |
| Past chief: | 1954 - 1959 |
| Past term: | 7/14/1943 - 8/1/1974 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | November 10, 1889 |
| Home State: | St. Joseph, MO |
| Deceased: | August 1, 1974 |
| Law School: | Read law, 1916 |
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Richard M. Duncan (1889-1974) was a federal judge on the Western and the Eastern District Courts of Missouri.
Duncan was nominated simultaneously to both courts by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on July 8, 1943, to a new seat created by 56 Stat. 1083; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 8, 1943, and received commission on July 14. He served as chief judge of the Western District 1954-1959. He assumed senior status on both courts on May 31, 1965, and served them in that capacity until his death on August 1, 1974. Duncan was succeeded in this position by William Collinson.
Early life and education
- Read law, 1916
Professional career
- Deputy circuit court clerk, Buchanan County, Missouri, 1911-1917
- Private practice, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1917-1926
- City counselor, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1926-1930
- U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1933-1943
Judicial career
Eastern District of Missouri
Duncan was nominated simultaneously to both courts by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on July 8, 1943, to a new seat created by 56 Stat. 1083; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 8, 1943, and received commission on July 14.[1] He served as chief judge of the Western District 1954-1959. He assumed senior status on both courts on May 31, 1965, and served them in that capacity until his death on August 1, 1974. Duncan was succeeded in this position by William Collinson.
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
References
- ↑ Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Eastern District of Missouri 1943–1965 Seat #5T |
Succeeded by: William Collinson |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Catherine Perry • Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. • Carol Jackson • Jean Hamilton • Rodney Sippel • Henry Autrey • Audrey Fleissig • Brian C. Wimes • John A. Ross | ||
| Senior judges |
Charles Shaw • E. Richard Webber • Edward Filippine • Donald Stohr • Nanette Laughrey • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Nannette Baker • Thomas Mummert III • Lewis Blanton • Frederick Buckles • David D. Noce • Terry I. Adelman • Shirley Mensah • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr. • John Nangle • Samuel Treat • Elmer Bragg Adams • Henry Samuel Priest • Amos Madden Thayer • David Patterson Dyer • Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg • Charles Breckenridge Faris • Roy Winfield Harper • Charles B. Davis • George Moore • John Collet • William Webster • Clyde Cahill • William Collinson • Richard Duncan • Joseph Stevens • Harris Wangelin • George Gunn • Rubey Hulen • William Hungate • James Meredith • John Regan • Randolph Weber • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Carol Jackson • Jean Hamilton • Edward Filippine • John Nangle • Roy Winfield Harper • George Moore • Harris Wangelin • James Meredith • | ||
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| 1933 |
Bell • Bratton • Donohoe • FitzHenry • Garrecht • Keefe • Ragon • Stone • Woodrough | ||
| 1934 |
Allen • Bowen • Holly • Hulbert • Long • Major • Myers • Rippey • Sullivan | ||
| 1935 |
Baldwin • Denman • Faris • Ford • Hamilton • Haney • Holmes • Mahoney • Martin • Mathews • McDuffie • Moore • Roche • A. L. Stephens • H. M. Stephens • Sweeney • Yankwich | ||
| 1936 |
Abruzzo • Clancy • Davidson • Davis • Holland • Lederle • Leibell • Ling • Mandelbaum • Maris • Pollard • Thomas • Underwood | ||
| 1937 |
Adair • Biggs • Black • Burke • Collet • Druffel • Edgerton • Groner • Healy • Jackson • Jenney • Kloeb • Major • McColloch • Miller • Mize • Murrah • Rice • Stephens • Sullivan • Swinford • Treanor • Trimble • Vinson • Watkins • Williams • Wyche | ||
| 1938 |
Clark • Conger • Ford • Hamilton • Laws • Maris • McCord • Murphree • Reed | ||
| 1939 |
Allred • Arant • Beaumont • Biddle • Black • Clark • Darr • Davies • Dobie • Douglas • Duffy • Frankfurter • Goldsborough • Huxman • Igoe • Jones • Kalodner • Kerner, Sr. • Lemley • Lumpkin • Magruder • Miller • Morris • Picard • Porterie • Roberts • Rutledge • Walker • Welsh • Whaley • Whitaker • Wilkin | ||
| 1940 |
Bard • Barker • Barksdale • Boyd • Broaddus • Caillouet • Campbell • Dobie • Ganey • Goodrich • Harrison • Hartigan • Johnsen • Jones • Leamy • Mahoney • Martin • Murphy • Murrah • O'Connor • Oliver • Pine • Russell • Savage • Schwellenbach • Walker • Waller | ||
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| 1941 |
Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski | ||
| 1942 |
Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney | ||
| 1943 |
Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert • Waller | ||
| 1944 |
Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw | ||
| 1945 | |||
