Oscar Raymond Luhring

Judge Oscar Raymond Luhring

Personal

Birthday:

2/11/1879

Birthplace:

Gibson County, IN

Date of Death:

8/18/1944

Place of Death:

Washington, DC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Evansville, Indiana, 1900-
State representative, Indiana, 1903-1904
Deputy prosecutor, First Judicial Circuit, Indiana, 1904-1908
Prosecutor, First Judicial Circuit, Indiana, 1908-1912
U.S. representative from Indiana, 1919-1923
Special assistant to the Secretary of Labor, 1923-1925
Assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1925-1930

Education

Name of School:

University of Virginia School of Law

Virginia is justly famous for its collegial environment that bonds students and faculty, and student satisfaction is consistently cited as among the highest in American law schools. Intellectual challenges are met in a spirit of cooperation. Small first-year sections promote individual inquiry while providing support and friendship. Students learn together, reading each other's work and freely sharing course outlines and other materials, confidently relying on the nation's oldest student-run Honor System to maintain the highest ethical standards.

Degree:

LL.B.

Degree Year:

1900

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia [Supreme Court of the District of Columbia]

Court Name:

District of Columbia District Court

President Nominating:

Herbert Hoover

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

7/3/1930

Termination Date:

8/18/1944

Termination Reason:

Death