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Wallace Samuel Gourley

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American judge
Wallace Samuel Gourley
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
In office
August 4, 1969 – September 23, 1976
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
In office
1951–1969
Preceded byNelson McVicar
Succeeded byRabe Ferguson Marsh Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
In office
November 29, 1945 – August 4, 1969
Appointed byHarry S. Truman
Preceded byFrederic Palen Schoonmaker
Succeeded byHubert Irving Teitelbaum
Personal details
BornWallace Samuel Gourley
(1904-08-04)August 4, 1904
Wellsville, Ohio
DiedSeptember 23, 1976(1976-09-23) (aged 72)
EducationOhio State University Moritz College of Law (LL.B.)

Wallace Samuel Gourley (August 4, 1904 – September 23, 1976) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Education and career

Born in Wellsville, Ohio, Gourley received a Bachelor of Laws from Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 1929. He was in private practice in Washington, Pennsylvania from 1929 to 1936. He was an Investigator for the Retail Credit Company (now Equifax) in Washington, Pennsylvania from 1929 to 1936. He was first assistant district attorney of Washington County, Pennsylvania from 1936 to 1944. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1941 to 1945.

Federal judicial service

On November 2, 1945, Gourley was nominated by President Harry S. Truman to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, vacated by Judge Frederic Palen Schoonmaker. Gourley was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 20, 1945, and received his commission on November 29, 1945. He served as Chief Judge from 1951 to 1969 and as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1968 to 1970, assuming senior status on August 4, 1969. Gourley served in that capacity until his death on September 23, 1976.

References

  1. ^ Wallace Samuel Gourley at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  2. Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "G"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

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Preceded byFrederic Palen Schoonmaker Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
1945–1969 		Succeeded byHubert Irving Teitelbaum
Preceded byNelson McVicar Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
1951–1969 		Succeeded byRabe Ferguson Marsh Jr.
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