William F. Riley
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William F. Riley
Prior offices
United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Education
Personal
William F. Riley (1884-1956) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.
He was nominated by President Harry Truman on November 29, 1950 to replace Carroll Switzer.[1] He was confirmed by the Senate on December 14th, and received commission on December 27th. He served until his death on December 29, 1956. Riley was succeeded in this position by Edwin Hicklin.
Early life and education
- Read law
- Iowa State University, A.B., 1884
Professional career
- Professional career:
- Private practice, Des Moines, Iowa, 1909-1942
- Special assistant U.S. attorney general, 1942-1945
- Private practice, Des Moines, Iowa, 1945-1950
Judicial career
Southern District of Iowa
Riley was nominated by President Harry Truman on November 29, 1950 to replace Carroll Switzer.[1] He was confirmed by the Senate on December 14th, and received commission on December 27th. He served until his death on December 29, 1956. Riley was succeeded in this position by Edwin Hicklin.
External links
- Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Carroll Switzer |
Southern District of Iowa 1950–1956 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Edwin Hicklin |
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| 1945 |
Burton • Clark • Donovan • Gilliam • Gourley • Holtzoff • Koscinski • Madden • Mathes • Mellott • S. Miller • W. Miller • Mollison • O'Connell • Orr • Prettyman • Rice | |
| 1946 |
Curran • Driver • Follmer • Harris • Kalodner • Kampf • Keech • Levin • Lynne • McGranery • Murphy • Rodney • Scarlett • Shelbourne • Speakman • Starr • Vinson • Weinberger | |
| 1947 |
Bryan, Sr. • Christenberry • Clifford • Collet • Dooley • Harper • Howell • Johnson • Jones • Lemmon • Medina • Rayfiel • Ryan • Thomason | |
| 1948 |
Harper • Henderson • Johnson • Kaufman • Proctor • Rao • Stephens • Tamm | |
| 1949 |
Allred • Andrews • Bazelon • Borah • Burns • Carter • Clark • Clary • Conger • Connally • Duffy • Erskine • Fahy • Finnegan • Foley • Ford • Gibson • Grim • Hastie • Hatch • Hill • Hooper • Kaufman • Kirkland • Lindley • Matthews • McCarthy • McGohey • McLaughlin • Minton • Murray • Noonan • Pickett • Platt • Pope • Ritter • Russell • Solomon • Sugarman • Swaim • Switzer • Taylor • Tehan • Thornton • Warlick • Washington • Westover • Wright | |
| 1950 |
Bastian • Byrne, Sr. • Carter • Knous • Marsh • Murphy • Simpson • Staley • Steckler • Strum • Wallace • Weinfeld • Whitehurst • Worley | |
| 1951 |
Dimock • Edelstein • Hartigan • Hartshorne • Leahy • Lindberg • McNamee • Medina • Modarelli • Murphy • Perry • Rives • Sheehy • Sloan • Stewart • Thomas • Tolin • Youngdahl | |
| 1952 |
