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American judge For the American historian, see Eugene F. Rice Jr.
Eugene Rice
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
In office
December 1, 1963 – November 24, 1967
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
In office
1949–1963
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOrville Edwin Langley
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
In office
August 11, 1937 – December 1, 1963
Appointed byFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byRobert L. Williams
Succeeded byOrville Edwin Langley
Personal details
BornEugene Rice
(1891-02-21)February 21, 1891
Union City, Tennessee
DiedNovember 24, 1967(1967-11-24) (aged 76)
EducationUnion University (B.S.)
Valparaiso University School of Law (LL.B.)

Eugene Rice (February 21, 1891 – November 24, 1967) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

Education and career

Born in Union City, Tennessee, Rice received a Bachelor of Science degree from Hall-Moody College (now Union University) in 1910 and a Bachelor of Laws from Valparaiso University School of Law in 1917. He was in the United States Army from 1917 to 1919, where he became a quartermaster sergeant. He was an assistant county attorney of Stephens County, Oklahoma in 1920. He was a County Judge in Stephens County from 1920 to 1922. He was in private practice in Duncan, Oklahoma from 1922 to 1930. He was an Oklahoma State District Judge from 1930 to 1937.

Federal judicial service

Rice was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 3, 1937, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma vacated by Judge Robert L. Williams. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 10, 1937, and received his commission on August 11, 1937. He served as Chief Judge from 1949 to 1963. He was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States in 1958. He assumed senior status on December 1, 1963. Rice served in that capacity until his death on November 24, 1967.

References

  1. ^ Eugene Rice at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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Preceded byRobert L. Williams Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
1937–1963 		Succeeded byOrville Edwin Langley
Preceded byOffice established Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
1949–1963
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