Theodore Roosevelt Dalton
Ted Dalton | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia | |
In office October 12, 1976 – October 30, 1989 | |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia | |
In office 1960–1971 | |
Preceded by | Roby C. Thompson |
Succeeded by | Hiram Emory Widener Jr. |
Judge of United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia | |
In office August 13, 1959 – October 12, 1976 | |
Appointed by | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Preceded by | John Paul Jr. |
Succeeded by | Glen Morgan Williams |
Member of the Virginia Senate from the 21st district | |
In office February 1944 – July 21, 1959 | |
Preceded by | Harvey B. Apperson |
Succeeded by | James Clinton Turk |
Personal details | |
Born | Theodore Roosevelt Dalton July 3, 1901 Carroll County, Virginia, U.S. |
Died | October 30, 1989 Radford, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 88)
Political party | Republican |
Education | College of William & Mary (A.B.) William & Mary Law School (LL.B.) |
Theodore Roosevelt Dalton (July 3, 1901 – October 30, 1989) was an American attorney and a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. He was known as Virginia's "Mr. Republican."
Education and career
Born on July 3, 1901 in
Political career
Dalton won his first Virginia Senate election as a write-in candidate in 1944 and became the leading
Governor
Federal judicial service
Dalton was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on July 21, 1959 to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia vacated by Judge John Paul Jr., who took senior status and continued to sit on 3-judge panels required of desegregation decisions. The United States Senate confirmed Dalton's judicial appointment on August 12, 1959 and he received his commission on August 13, 1959. Dalton served as Chief Judge from 1960 to 1971, and assumed senior status on October 12, 1976.[1] President Gerald Ford nominated Glen Morgan Williams as Dalton's successor, after Senator William L. Scott derailed the nomination of the President's first choice.[7] Dalton's service terminated on October 30, 1989 due to his death in Radford.[1]
Notable cases
Along with his colleagues, Dalton as federal judge presided over litigation that continued into the 1970s to implement the Brown decision in Virginia's public schools. Dalton ordered the desegregation plan for the public schools in Roanoke, Virginia, which ultimately led to the conversion of the Lucy Addison High School (for African Americans) into a desegregated middle school.[8]
Dalton served on the three-judge panel in a case rejecting a constitutional challenge to Virginia's method of distributing state money for education to the various school districts across the state.[9]
Family
Dalton was born in
Honors
In 1968, Dalton was selected as an honorary member of the Order of the Coif of the law school of Washington and Lee University.[11] Dalton also received an honorary doctorate of laws degree from the College of William & Mary in 1972.[12]
Death and legacy
Dalton died at Radford Community Hospital of complications from pneumonia.[citation needed] He outlived his son, John Dalton, by some three years.[citation needed] Dalton's former law clerks included Glen E. Conrad, who in 2003 succeeded United States District Judge Glen Williams on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, but whose nomination to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit lapsed at the end of the term of President George W. Bush.[citation needed]
Dalton's personal papers are held by the Special Collections Research Center at the College of William & Mary.[13]
References
- ^ a b c d Ted Dalton at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ ISBN 0-7425-5209-8.
- ^ "A Former Governor's Reflections On Massive Resistance In Virginia".
- ^ "Time Magazine, Monday, Oct. 21, 1957". Time. October 21, 1957. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2008.
- ^ "Eisenhower Presidential Papers, Doc#379 to Ted Dalton". Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission. Archived from the original on November 3, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2008.
- ^ "Virginia's Constitutional Experience Touches the World". University of Virginia. Archived from the original on May 28, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2008.
- ISBN 0-300-08073-5.
- ^ Green v. School Bd. of City of Roanoke, 330 F. Supp. 674 (W.D. Va. 1971).
- ^ Burruss v. Wilkerson, 310 F. Supp. 572 (W.D. Va. 1969).
- ISBN 978-0-7425-7753-4.
- ^ "Honorary members, Order of the Coif". Washington & Lee University. Archived from the original on February 18, 2008. Retrieved January 27, 2008.
- ^ "Honorary degree recipients – Special Collections Research Center Wiki". The College of William & Mary, Swem Library. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved January 26, 2008.
- ^ "Theodore Roosevelt Dalton Papers". Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
External links
- Ted Dalton, 88, Dies; Retired Federal Judge, New York Timesobituary, November 2, 1989
- Theodore Roosevelt Dalton – Brief biography on Television News of the Civil Rights Era website
- Ted Dalton at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- College of William & Mary, Swem Library, Inventory of the Ted Dalton Papers 1933–1978, 1952–1959[permanent dead link]
- Theodore Roosevelt Dalton at The Virginia Elections and State Elected Officials Database Project, 1776-2007
- Theodore Roosevelt Dalton at Find a Grave