William L. Hungate
William L. Hungate | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | |
In office October 1, 1991 – June 30, 1992 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | |
In office September 26, 1979 – October 1, 1991 | |
Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
Preceded by | Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629 |
Succeeded by | Carol E. Jackson |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 9th district | |
In office November 3, 1964 – January 3, 1977 | |
Preceded by | Clarence Cannon |
Succeeded by | Harold Volkmer |
Personal details | |
Born | William Leonard Hungate December 14, 1922 Benton, Illinois |
Died | June 22, 2007 Chesterfield, Missouri | (aged 84)
Political party | Democratic |
Education | University of Missouri (AB) Harvard Law School (LLB) |
William Leonard Hungate (December 14, 1922 – June 22, 2007) was a
Early years and education
Hungate was born in
World War II military service
Hungate served in the
Legal career and politics
Hungate was admitted to the Missouri bar in 1948 and the Illinois Bar in 1949 and immediately entered private law practice in Troy, Missouri, from 1948 to 1968. He was then elected prosecuting attorney of Lincoln County, Missouri, serving from 1951 to 1956. From 1958 to 1964, he served as a Missouri Special Assistant Attorney General. On November 3, 1964, he was elected as a Democrat simultaneously to the 88th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Clarence Cannon, and to the 89th Congress. He was reelected to the five succeeding Congresses, serving until January 3, 1977.[1] Hungate voted in favor of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 but against Civil Rights Act of 1968.[3][4]
Hungate was a member of the
Lamenting that politics had gone "from the age of Camelot, where all things were possible, to the age of Watergate, when all things were suspect," Hungate chose not to run for re-election to the 95th Congress in 1976.[5] He was succeeded by Harold Volkmer.[1]
Federal judicial service
Hungate was nominated by President
Notable case
One of the most significant findings by Hungate in the St. Louis desegregation case was, with respect to school segregation in St. Louis City and County, the "State of Missouri, which prior to 1954 mandated school segregation, never took any effective steps to dismantle the dual system it had compelled by constitution, statutory law, practice and policy." Liddell et al. v. Bd. of Ed. of City of St. Louis, et al., 491 F.Supp. 351, 357, (E.D. Mo. 1980) aff'd, 667 F.2d 643 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1081 (1981). He concluded that "the State defendants stand before the Court as primary constitutional wrongdoers who have abdicated their remedial duty. Their efforts to pass the buck among themselves and other state instrumentalities must be rejected." Id. at 359.[7][8]
Post judicial activities
During his retirement, he was the author of It Wasn't Funny at the Time, a collection of photographs and anecdotes from his college years, World War II, life in congress and during his judgeship, published in 1994; and Glimpses of Politics (Red, White & Blue Jokes), published in 1996.[9]
Death
Hungate was hospitalized on June 6, 2007, at St. Luke's Hospital in
References
- ^ a b c d "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress". Retrieved July 2, 2007.
- ^ a b William Leonard Hungate at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ "TO PASS H.R. 6400, THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT".
- ^ "TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE 8 ACTIVITIES PROTECTED UNDER THIS BILL MUST BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED TO INCUR THE BILL'S PENALTIES".
- ^ a b "William Hungate, 84; sponsored element of Nixon impeachment". Los Angeles Times. June 23, 2007. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
- ^ "Time Magazine, March 7, 1983". March 7, 1983. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2007.
- ^ "Senator Patrick Leahy Floor Statement on the Nomination of John Ashcroft to the Office of Attorney General". Archived from the original on June 28, 2007. Retrieved July 2, 2007.
- ^ "People for the American Way New Release, January 17, 2001". Retrieved July 2, 2007.
- ^ "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress-Extended Bibliography". Retrieved July 2, 2007.
- ^ "William Hungate obituary, June 22, 2007". Retrieved July 2, 2007.
External links
- William Leonard Hungate at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- United States Congress. "William L. Hungate (id: H000965)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- William L. Hungate Papers (1973–1976) at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection, University of Missouri-St. Louis
- "William L. Hungate photographs". University of Missouri–St. Louis.