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Ross Rizley

Ross Rizley

Oklahoma Western District Court

Born 1892 in Beaver County, OK

Died 1969 in Oklahoma City, OK

FJC ID: 2020

Ross Rizley (born Roscoe Rizley) (July 5, 1892 – March 4, 1969) was an American politician and United States representative from Oklahoma and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Guymon, Oklahoma
    1920–1956
  2. U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board
    Chairman · 1955–1956
  3. Assistant secretary of agriculture
    1953–1954
  4. U.S. Post Office Department
    Solicitor · 1953
  5. U.S. representative from Oklahoma
    1941–1949
  6. Guymon, Oklahoma
    City attorney · 1928–1938
  7. Oklahoma
    Candidate for governor · 1938
  8. Oklahoma
    State senator · 1931–1934
  9. Guymon [Oklahoma] Board of Education
    Member · 1924–1932
  10. Private practice, Beaver, Oklahoma
    1915–1920
  11. Beaver County, Oklahoma
    County attorney · 1918–1920

Appointments

  1. Oklahoma Western District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
    1956–1969 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Kansas City School of Law (now University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law)
    LL.B. · 1915