Thomas Francis McAllister (March 4, 1896 – November 10, 1976) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Thomas Francis McAllister
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Born 1896 in Grand Rapids, MI
Died 1976
FJC ID: 1514
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 46/year
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1941–1976
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1959–1960
- Michigan Supreme CourtJustice · 1938–1941
- Attorney General's Commission on Bankruptcy AdministrationMember · 1939
- Private practice, Grand Rapids, Michigan1921–1937
Criminal DivisionSpecial assistant to the Attorney General of the United States · 1937- Democratic candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan1934, 1936
- Michigan State Advisory Liquor CommissionMember · 1933
- French Foreign Legion volunteer1917–1918
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitChief Judge1941–1976 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Read law1921
A.B. · 1918