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U.S. District Court in Oklahoma

U.S. District Judges for Oklahoma, 1937-74 (may be incomplete!)
Alfred P. Murrah 1937-40 Bower Slack Broaddus 1940-49 Luther Bohanon 1961-74

Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

  • 1949 Dec 10: Bower Slack Broaddus, died in office.
  • 1974 Aug 2: Luther Bohanon, took senior status.

    U.S. District Judges for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1919-2001 (may be incomplete!)
    Robert L. Williams 1919-37 E. Edwin Langley 1965 Billy Michael Burrage 1994-2001

    Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

  • 2001 Mar 1: Billy Michael Burrage, resigned.

    U.S. District Judges for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 1962-2001 (may be incomplete!)
    Allen Edward Barrow 1962-79 Thomas Rutherford Brett 1979-96 Billy Michael Burrage 1994-2001

    Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

  • 1979 Feb 26: Allen Edward Barrow, died in office.
  • 1996 Oct 3: Thomas Rutherford Brett, took senior status.
  • 2001 Mar 1: Billy Michael Burrage, resigned.

    U.S. District Judges for the Western District of Oklahoma, 1956-2001 (may be incomplete!)
    Ross Rizley 1956-69 Wayne Edward Alley 1985-99 Timothy D. Leonard 1992-94 Billy Michael Burrage 1994-2001

    Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

  • 1969 Mar 4: Ross Rizley, died in office.
  • 1999 May 16: Wayne Edward Alley, took senior status.
  • 2001 Mar 1: Billy Michael Burrage, resigned.

    "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
    Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872
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