Ross Rizley

Ross Rizley (1892-1969) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Rizley was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on February 10, 1956, to a seat vacated by Edgar Vaught; he was confirmed by the Senate on March 1, 1956, and received commission on April 13, 1956. He assumed senior status on March 26, 1965, and served in that capacity until his death on March 4, 1969.^[1] Rizley was succeeded in this position by Luther Eubanks.

Early life and education

• University of Kansas City, LL.B., 1915^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Beaver, Oklahoma, 1915-1920
• County attorney, Beaver County, Oklahoma, 1918-1920
• Private practice, Guymon, Oklahoma, 1920-1956
• Member, Guymon Board of Education, 1924-1932
• City attorney, Guymon, Oklahoma, 1928-1938
• Oklahoma state senator, 1931-1934
• Candidate for State Governor, Oklahoma, 1938
• U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, 1941-1949
• Solicitor, Post Office Department, 1953
• Assistant U.S. secretary of agriculture, 1953-1954
• Chairman, U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board, 1955-1956^[1]

Judicial career

Western District of Oklahoma

Rizley was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on February 10, 1956, to a seat vacated by Edgar Vaught; he was confirmed by the Senate on March 1, 1956, and received commission on April 13, 1956. He assumed senior status on March 26, 1965, and served in that capacity until his death on March 4, 1969.^[1] Rizley was succeeded in this position by Luther Eubanks.

External links

• Ross Rizley's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Active judges	Chief Judge: Timothy DeGiustiChief Judge: John Heil   •  Bernard Jones (Oklahoma)  •  Charles B. Goodwin  •  Scott Palk  •  Patrick Wyrick  •  Jodi Dishman
Senior judges	James Payne  •  Robin Cauthron  •  Timothy Leonard (Oklahoma)  •  David L. Russell  •  Vicki Miles-LaGrange  •  Stephen Friot  •  Joe Heaton  •  Wayne Alley  •
Magistrate judges	Gary Purcell  •  Shon Erwin  •  Suzanne Mitchell  •  Amanda Maxfield Green  •
Former Article III judges	Lee West  •  John Hazelton Cotteral  •  Alfred Murrah  •  Edgar Vaught  •  Bower Broaddus  •  Luther Bohanon  •  William Wallace (Oklahoma)  •  Billy Burrage  •  Harold Cook  •  Frederick Daugherty  •  Stephen Chandler  •  Luther Eubanks  •  Layn Phillips  •  Ross Rizley  •  Ralph Thompson  •
Former Chief judges	Robin Cauthron  •  Lee West  •  David L. Russell  •  Vicki Miles-LaGrange  •  Edgar Vaught  •  Luther Bohanon  •  Frederick Daugherty  •  Stephen Chandler  •  Luther Eubanks  •  Ralph Thompson  •

v • e Federal judges nominated by Dwight Eisenhower
1953	Boldt • Bruchhausen • Cecil • Dawkins, Jr. • Grooms • Hamlin • Hoffman • Knoch • Schnackenberg • Warren • Willson
1954	Aldrich • Anderson • Bastian • Bicks • Bootle • Boreman • Breitenstein • Brooks • Cecil • Chambers • Choate • Christensen • Connell • Danaher • Dawson • Day • Fee • Freeman • Halbert • Harlan • Hincks • Hoffman • Holder • Hunter • Ingraham • Laramore • Kent • Lemmon • Lord • McGarraghy • Mickelson • Miller • Palmieri • Parkinson • Rogers • Ross • Stewart • Taylor • Thomsen • Tuttle • Van Oosterhout • Vogel • Walsh • Whittaker • Wilson
1955	Alger • Brown • Cameron • Clarke • Davies • Devitt • East • Estes • Grubb • Harlan • Jertberg • Jones • Lumbard • McIlvaine • Miller • Register • Sorg • Van Dusen • Waterman • Watkins • Wortendyke • Wright
1956	Barnes • Bryan • Burger • Cashin • Hamley • Herlands • Johnson • Juergens • Kerr • Kraft • Levet • Lewis • Lieb • Mercer • Morgan • Rich • Rizley • Robinson • Smith • Sobeloff • Weick • Whittaker
1957	Arraj • Breitenstein • Brennan • Egan • Gignoux • Grant • Hastings • Haynsworth • Hicklin • Jameson • Layton • Moore • O'Sullivan • Parkinson • Richardson • Sirica • Stanley • Thompson • Van Pelt • Weber • Whittaker • Wisdom • Zavatt
1958	Beck • Burke • Carswell • Clayton • Hamlin • Henley • Jertberg • Knoch • Martin • Matthes • Miner • Morrill • Poos • Robson • Stanley • Steel • Stewart • Wollenberg
1959	Aldrich • Bartels • Blackmun • Boreman • Butler • Castle • Cecil • Crocker • Dalton • Field • Fisher • Forman • Friendly • Hart • Henderson • Henley • Julian • Kalbfleisch • Kilkenny • Koelsch • Kunzel • MacMahon • Merrill • Metzner • Powell • Smith • Sweigert • Walsh • Weick • Weinman • Wood • Worley • Young
1960	Caffrey • Chilson • Durfee • Hodge • Kaess • Lane • Lewis • Mishler • O'Sullivan • Paul • Smith • Stephenson • Tavares • Timbers