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Richard M. Duncan

Missouri Eastern District Court

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

Born 1889 in St. Joseph, MO

Died 1974 in Kansas City, MO

FJC ID: 662

Richard Meloan Duncan (November 10, 1889 – August 1, 1974) was a United States representative from Missouri and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 1963–1965
  2. U.S. representative from Missouri
    1933–1943
  3. St. Joseph, Missouri
    City counselor · 1926–1930
  4. Private practice, St. Joseph, Missouri
    1917–1926
  5. Circuit Court of Missouri, Buchanan County
    Deputy clerk · 1911–1917

Appointments

  1. Missouri Eastern District Court
    1943–1974 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death
  2. Missouri Western District Court
    1943–1974 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Read law
    1916