Bower Slack Broaddus

American judge

Bower Slack Broaddus (May 30, 1888 – December 10, 1949) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma , the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma and the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma .

Education and career

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Born in Chillicothe , Missouri , Broaddus received a Bachelor of Laws from the Kansas City School of Law (now the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law ) in 1910. He was in private practice in Muskogee , Oklahoma from 1910 to 1940. He was a police judge in Muskogee from 1912 to 1914, and was a city attorney of Muskogee from 1926 to 1930. He was a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1933 to 1935, and of the Oklahoma Senate from 1935 to 1938.

Federal judicial service

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Broaddus was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on September 24, 1940, to a joint seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma , the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma and the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma vacated by Judge Alfred P. Murrah . He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 27, 1940, and received his commission on October 1, 1940. In 1948 Broaddus was assigned to a three-judge panel that ruled on the case McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents (87 F. Supp. 526; 1948 U.S. Dist.) whether segregation was permitted in high education in Oklahoma. His service terminated on December 10, 1949, due to his death.

References

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 [Bower Slack Broaddus](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1378296)
 at the _[Biographical Directory of Federal Judges](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_Federal_Judges "Biographical Directory of Federal Judges")
_, a publication of the [Federal Judicial Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Judicial_Center "Federal Judicial Center")
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1. ↑ "McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Ed., 87 F. Supp. 526 (W.D. Okla. 1948)" . Justia Law. Retrieved 2025-07-29.

Sources

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• Bower Slack Broaddus at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

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• Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

• United States district court judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt

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