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William Alexander Ekwall
William Alexander Ekwall (1887-1956) was a federal judge on the United States Customs Court.
Ekwall was nominated to the USCC by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was commissioned on February 9, 1942, and served until his death on October 16, 1956.[1]
Education
- Oregon Law School, LL.B., 1912
Professional career
- Private practice, Portland, Oregon, 1912-1922
- U.S. Army Private, -1918
- Municipal judge, City of Portland, Oregon, 1922-1927
- Circuit judge, Fourth Judicial Circuit, Oregon, 1927-1934
- U.S. Representative from Oregon, 1935-1936
- Private practice, Portland, Oregon, 1937-1942
- Chairman, Local Draft Board Number 6, Multnomah County, Oregon, 1940-1942
Footnotes
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| Former judges |
Adamson • Alger • Beckworth • Boe • Brown • Chamberlain • Cline • Cole • Cooper • Dallinger • De Vries • Ekwall • Evans • Fischer • Ford • Ham • Hay • Howell • Jewell • Johnson • Keefe • Kincheloe • Landis • Lawrence • Lunt • Maletz • McClelland • Mollison • Newman • Nichols • Oliver • Rao • Re • Richardson • Rosenstein • Sharpe • Sharretts • Shurtleff • Somerville • Stackpole • Sullivan • Tichenor • Tilson • Waite • Walker • Watson • Weller • Wilkinson • Wilson • Young | ||
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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 | |||
