William Leonard Hungate

Personal

Birthday: 
12/14/1922
Birthplace: 
Benton, IL
Date of Death: 
6/22/2007
Place of Death: 
Chesterfield, MO
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

U.S. Army, 1943-1946
Private practice, Troy, Missouri, 1948-1968
Prosecutor, Lincoln County, Missouri, 1951-1956
Special assistant attorney general, State of Missouri, 1958-1964
U.S. representative from Missouri, 1964-1977
Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 1977-1979

Education

Name of School: 
University of Missouri
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1943
Name of School - Second: 

Harvard Law School

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Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1948

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
Court Name: 

Missouri Eastern District Court

President Nominating: 
Jimmy Carter
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
9/26/1979
Retirement from Active Service: 
10/1/1991
Termination Date: 
6/30/1992
Termination Reason: 
Retirement