Walter Garrett Riddick

American judge

Walter Garrett Riddick (September 13, 1883 – July 31, 1953) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit .

Education and career

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Born in Gainesville , Arkansas , Riddick attended Washington and Lee University and received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1908. He was an attorney for the Missouri Pacific Railroad from 1908 to 1913. He was in private practice in Little Rock , Arkansas from 1913 to 1942.

Federal judicial service

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Riddick was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on December 1, 1941, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit , to a new seat created by 54 Stat. 219. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16, 1941, and received his commission on December 19, 1941. Riddick served in that capacity until his death on July 31, 1953.

References

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 [Walter Garrett Riddick](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1386921)
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Sources

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• Walter Garrett Riddick at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

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