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Thomas McAllister
Thomas Francis McAllister (1896-1976) was a federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit and a justice on the Michigan Supreme Court.
Federal judicial career
McAllister was nominated to the Sixth Circuit by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on April 25, 1941, to a seat vacated by Herschel Arant; he was confirmed by the Senate on May 19, 1941, and received commission on May 22. He served as chief judge from 1959-1961. He assumed senior status on January 1, 1963, and served in that capacity until his death on November 10, 1976.[1]
Education
Professional career
- Volunteer, French Foreign Legion, 1917-1918
- Private practice, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1921-1937
- Member, Michigan State Advisory Liquor Commission, 1933
- Democratic candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan, 1934, 1936
- Special assistant to U.S. attorney general, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1937
- Justice, Supreme Court of Michigan, 1938-1941
- Member, Attorney General's Commission on Bankruptcy Administration, 1939[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Thomas McAllister's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Herschel Arant |
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 1941–1976 |
Succeeded by: George Edwards
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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 | |||
