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Oren Harris

Oren Harris

Arkansas Eastern District Court

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

Born 1903 in Belton, AR

Died 1997 in Little Rock, AR

FJC ID: 985

Oren Harris (December 20, 1903 – February 5, 1997) was a United States representative from Arkansas and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 1971–1974
  2. U.S. representative from Arkansas
    1941–1966
  3. Private practice, El Dorado, Arkansas
    1930–1941
  4. Thirteenth Judicial District, Arkansas
    Prosecutor · 1937–1940
  5. Thirteenth Judicial District, Arkansas
    Deputy prosecutor · 1933–1936

Appointments

  1. Arkansas Eastern District Court
    1965–1997 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death
  2. Arkansas Western District Court
    1965–1997 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Cumberland School of Law
    LL.B. · 1930
  2. Henderson-Brown State College (now Henderson State University)
    A.B. · 1929