Royce H. Savage (March 31, 1904 – December 27, 1993) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
Royce H. Savage
Oklahoma Northern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Born 1904 in Blanco, OK
Died 1993 in Tulsa, OK
FJC ID: 2104
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 32/year
Oklahoma Northern District Court · 1940–1961
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Tulsa, Oklahoma1929–1938, 1969–present
- Gulf Oil CorporationGeneral counsel · 1961–1969
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1958–1961
- Private practice, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma1938–1940
Appointments
1940–1961 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Resignation
Education
LL.B. · 1927- University of OklahomaA.B. · 1925