Ross Rizley
Ross Rizley | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | |
In office April 13, 1956 – March 4, 1969 | |
Appointed by | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Preceded by | Edgar Sullins Vaught |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 8th district | |
In office January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1949 | |
Preceded by | Phil Ferguson |
Succeeded by | George H. Wilson |
Personal details | |
Born | Roscoe Rizley July 5, 1892 University of Kansas City (LL.B. ) |
Ross Rizley (born Roscoe Rizley) (July 5, 1892 – March 4, 1969) was an American politician and
Education and career
Born on a farm near the town of
Congressional service
Rizley was elected as a
Federal judicial service
Rizley was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on February 10, 1956, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma vacated by Judge Edgar Sullins Vaught. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 1, 1956, and received his commission on April 13, 1956. On March 26, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson certified Rizley involuntarily as disabled in accordance with the act of September 2, 1957, 71 Stat. 586, which entitled the President to appoint an additional judge for the court and provided that no successor to the judge certified as disabled be appointed. Luther Boyd Eubanks was appointed to the additional judgeship. Rizley continued to render a reduced level of service to the court.[5] His service was terminated on March 4, 1969, due to his death in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.[1] He was interred in Elmhurst Cemetery in Guymon.[6]
Personal
Rizley married Ruby Seal in 1916 and they had seven children, one of whom, Hortense, would become actress Claudia Bryar.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Rizley, Ross – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
- ^ a b United States Congress. "Ross Rizley (id: R000288)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Ross Rizley, former Representative for Oklahoma's 8th Congressional District – GovTrack.us". GovTrack.us.
- ^ "Flashback Friday: On This Day In 1952, A Big Platform Victory For Eisenhower". political junkie. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
- ^ "U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Oklahoma: Succession Charts – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
- ^ Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Riversmith to Rizzo". politicalgraveyard.com.
- ^ "Rizley, Roscoe (1892–1969)". Oklahoma Historical Society. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
External links
- United States Congress. "Ross Rizley (id: R000288)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- "Rizley, Ross – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
- Ross Rizley at Find a Grave