Robert Williams

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Robert Williams
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Current Court Information:
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Title:   Former Judge
Service:
Appointed by:   Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Active:   4/21/1937 - 3/31/1939
Senior:   3/3/1939 - 4/10/1948
Preceded by:   George Thomas McDermott
Past post:   Eastern District of Oklahoma
Past term:   1919 - 1937
Past position:   Seat #1
Personal History
Born:   1868
Deceased:   1948
Undergraduate:   Southern University (1892)
Law School:   Read Law (1891)
Grad. School:   Southern University (1894)

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Robert Lee Williams (1868-1948) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma[1].

Early life and education

  • Read law, 1891
  • Southern University, B.A., 1892
  • Southern University, M.A., 1894[1]

Professional career

  • Private practice, Troy, Alabama, 1891-1893
  • Private practice, Durant and Atoka, Indian Territory, 1896-1898
  • City attorney, Durant, Indian Territory, 1899
  • Chief justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, 1907-1914
  • State Governor, Oklahoma, 1915-1919[1]

Judicial career

Tenth Circuit

Williams was nominated to the Tenth Circuit by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 25, 1937 to fill the seat vacated by George Thomas McDermott. He was confirmed by the Senate on April 20, 1937, and received commission the next day. On March 31, 1939, he assumed senior status. He served on this court until his death on April 10, 1948[1].

Eastern District of Oklahoma

Williams was nominated to the Eastern District of Oklahoma by President Woodrow Wilson on December 3, 1918 to fill the seat vacated by Ralph Campbell. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 7, 1919, and received commission that same day. He served on this court until April 21, 1937, when he was appointed to the Tenth Circuit[1]. Williams was succeeded in this position by Eugene Rice.

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Federal judicial offices
Preceded by:
George Thomas McDermott
Tenth Circuit
1937–1939
Succeeded by:
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Preceded by:
Ralph Campbell
Eastern District of Oklahoma
1919 - 1937
Seat #1
Succeeded by:
Eugene Rice
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