Walter Keeling
| Walter Keeling | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Western District of Texas | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Position: | Seat #1 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| Active: | 1/28/1942 - 1/22/1945 |
| Preceded by: | Robert Johnston McMillan |
| Succeeded by: | Ben Rice |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1873 |
| Deceased: | 1945 |
| Law School: | University of Texas (1897) |
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Walter Angus Keeling (1873-1945) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Keeling was nominated to the Western District of Texas by President Franklin Delano Roosevelton January 16, 1942, to a seat vacated by Robert Johnston McMillan; he was confirmed by the Senate on January 26, 1942, and received commission on January 28, 1942. He served the Western District of Texas until his death on January 22, 1945.[1] Keeling was succeeded in this position by Ben Rice.
Early life and education
- University of Texas, LL.B., 1897[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Groesbeck, Texas, 1897-
- Assistant county attorney, Limestone County, Texas, 1898-1902
- County attorney, Limestone County, Texas, 1904-1908
- County judge, Limestone County, Texas, 1908-1912
- Assistant state attorney general, Texas, 1912-1918
- First assistant state attorney general, Texas, 1918-1921
- State attorney general, Texas, 1921-1925
- Private practice, Texas, 1925-1942[1]
Judicial career
Western District of Texas
Keeling was nominated to the Western District of Texas by President Franklin Delano Roosevelton January 16, 1942, to a seat vacated by Robert Johnston McMillan; he was confirmed by the Senate on January 26, 1942, and received commission on January 28, 1942. He served the Western District of Texas until his death on January 22, 1945.[1] Keeling was succeeded in this position by Ben Rice.
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Keeling's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Robert Johnston McMillan |
Western District of Texas 1942–1945 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Ben Rice |
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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 | |||
