Thomas McAllister

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Thomas McAllister
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Nonpartisan
Prior offices:
United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
Years in office: 1963 - 1976

Years in office: 1941 - 1963
Education
Bachelor's
University of Michigan, 1918
Law
Read law, 1921
Personal
Birthplace
Grand Rapids, MI


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

  • University of Michigan Law School, A.B., 1918
  • Read law, 1921[1]

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

Political offices
Preceded by:
Herschel Arant
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
1941–1976
Succeeded by:
George Edwards