Thomas Francis McAllister

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
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In office
January 1, 1963  November 10, 1976
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In office
1959–1961
Preceded byJohn Donelson Martin Sr.
Succeeded byShackelford Miller Jr.
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In office
May 22, 1941  January 1, 1963
Appointed byFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byHerschel Whitfield Arant
Succeeded byGeorge Clifton Edwards Jr.
Personal details
Born
Thomas Francis McAllister

(1896-03-04)March 4, 1896
Grand Rapids, Michigan
DiedNovember 10, 1976(1976-11-10) (aged 80)
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of Michigan Law School (AB)
read law

Education and career

Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, McAllister was a volunteer in the French Foreign Legion from 1917 to 1918. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 1918 and read law to enter the bar in 1921. He was in private practice in Grand Rapids from 1921 to 1937. He was a member of the Michigan State Advisory Liquor Commission in 1933. He was a Democratic candidate for the United States House of Representatives from Michigan in 1934 and 1936. He was a special assistant to the United States attorney general for the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice in 1937.[1] He was a justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan from 1938 to 1941.[2] He was a member of the Attorney General's Commission on Bankruptcy Administration in 1939.[1]

Federal judicial service

McAllister was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 25, 1941, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated by Judge Herschel Whitfield Arant. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 19, 1941, and received his commission on May 22, 1941. He was a Judge of the Emergency Court of Appeals from 1945 to 1962. He served as Chief Judge from 1959 to 1961. He was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1959 to 1960. He assumed senior status on January 1, 1963. McAllister served in that capacity until his death on November 10, 1976.[1]

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Preceded by
Herschel Whitfield Arant
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1941–1963
Succeeded by
George Clifton Edwards Jr.
Preceded by
John Donelson Martin Sr.
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1959–1961
Succeeded by
Shackelford Miller Jr.
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