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Claude McColloch
Claude Charles McColloch (1888-1959) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
He was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on August 5, 1937 to replace John Hugh McNary. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 17th, and received commission on August 20th. From 1954 to 1958, he was the chief judge. On December 31, 1958, he assumed senior status and continued to serve in this capacity until his death on September 30, 1959. McCulloch was succeeded in this position by John Francis Kilkenny.
Early life and education
- University of Chicago Law School, Ph.B., 1909
Professional career
- Private practice, Baker, Oregon, 1909-1913
- Oregon state senator, 1911-1913
- Private practice, Portland, Oregon, 1913-1926
- Member, Port of Portland Commission, 1922-1924
- Private practice, Klamath Falls, Oregon, 1926-1937
- Chairman, Oregon Democratic Party, 1936
Judicial nominations and appointments
District of Oregon
McCulloch was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on August 5, 1937 to replace John Hugh McNary. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 17th, and received commission on August 20th.[1] From 1954 to 1958, he was the chief judge. On December 31, 1958, he assumed senior status and continued to serve in this capacity until his death on September 30, 1959. McCulloch was succeeded in this position by John Francis Kilkenny.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: John Hugh McNary |
District of Oregon 1937–1958 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: John Francis Kilkenny
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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 | |||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Michael McShaneChief Judge: Marco A. Hernandez (Oregon) • Mustafa Kasubhai • Adrienne Nelson • Karin J. Immergut • Michael H. Simon • Amy Baggio | ||
| Senior judges |
Ancer Haggerty • Ann Aiken • Anna Brown (Oregon) • Michael Mosman • Malcolm Marsh • | ||
| Magistrate judges | John Acosta • Mark Clarke • John Jelderks • Paul Papak • Janice Stewart • Patricia Sullivan (District of Oregon) • Youlee Yim You • Jolie Russo • Stacie Beckerman • Andrew Hallman • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
James Alger Fee • Matthew Paul Deady • Charles Byron Bellinger • Charles Edwin Wolverton • Robert Sharp Bean • Garr King • Michael Hogan (Oregon) • Owen Panner • James Redden • John Hugh McNary • Alfred Goodwin • Otto Skopil • Edward Leavy • Claude McColloch • Robert Belloni • William East • Gus Solomon • Helen Frye • John Kilkenny • Robert Jones (Oregon) • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
James Alger Fee • Ancer Haggerty • Ann Aiken • Michael Hogan (Oregon) • Michael Mosman • Owen Panner • James Redden • Otto Skopil • Claude McColloch • Robert Belloni • Gus Solomon • Marco A. Hernandez (Oregon) • | ||
