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Richmond Keech
Richmond Bowling Keech (1896-1986) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Keech received a recess appointment from President Harry Truman on October 14, 1946, to a seat vacated by Jesse Corcoran Adkins; he was nominated on January 8, 1947, confirmed by the Senate on January 22, 1947, and received his commission on January 24th. He served as chief judge for a brief stint during 1966, prior to assuming senior status on November 1st of that year. He served until his death on April 13, 1986.[1]
Education
- Georgetown University Law School, LL.B., 1922
- Georgetown University Law School, LL.M., 1923[1]
Professional career
- U.S. Navy, Transport Service, World War I
- Private practice, Washington, DC, 1922-1925
- Assistant corporation counsel, Washington, DC, 1925-1930
- Professor of law, National University, 1930
- People's counsel of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, 1930-1934
- Law member and vice chairman, Public Utilities Commission, 1934-1940
- Corporation counsel, Washington, DC, 1940-1945
- Administrative assistant to President Harry S. Truman, 1945-1946[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Richmond Keech's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
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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 | |||
