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Albert Alphonso Ridge

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Born 1898 in Nevada, MO

Died 1967

FJC ID: 2008

Albert Alphonsus Ridge (October 31, 1898 – March 2, 1967) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Circuit Court of Missouri, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit
    Judge · 1935–1945
  2. Private practice, Missouri
    1925–1934
  3. Jackson County, Missouri
    Deputy clerk · 1919–1921
  4. U.S. Army
    1917–1919

Appointments

  1. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
    1961–1967 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death
  2. Missouri Western District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Western District of MissouriChief Judge
    1945–1961 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
    Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Education

  1. Read law
    1923