Federal judiciary
Richard Smith Whaley
Chief Justice, Court of Claims
Appointment
- Court
- Court of Claims
- Title
- Chief Justice
- Appointed by
- Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic president
- Seat
- CLMS0408
- Nominated
- June 23, 1939
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)June 26, 1939
- Senate vote
- Voice
- Confirmed
- June 26, 1939
- Commissioned
- June 27, 1939
- Senior status
- July 9, 1947
- Service ended
- Nov. 8, 1951Death
Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.
Judicial service history
Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.
| Court | Title | Commissioned | Ended | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Court of Claims | Judge | June 2, 1930 | June 28, 1939 Appointment to Another Judicial Position | Herbert Hoover |
| Court of Claims | Chief Justice | June 27, 1939 | Nov. 8, 1951 Death | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Recent judicial activity
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- No recorded activity.
Cases
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Judicial writings
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Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream — not that the judge has written nothing.