Richard Smith Whaley

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Richard Smith Whaley

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Nonpartisan

Prior offices
U.S. Court of Claims

Personal
Birthplace
Charleston, S.C.

Richard Smith Whaley (1874-1951) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Claims.

Whaley was nominated to the Court of Claims by President Herbert Hoover. He was commissioned on June 3, 1930. He was later sworn in as chief justice on June 27, 1939, following an appointment to that position from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He assumed senior status on July 9, 1947, and served in that capacity until his death on November 8, 1951.[1]

Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law, LL.B., 1897

Professional career

  • Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina, 1897-1913
  • Member, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1900-1907, 1910-1913
  • Speaker, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1907-1910
  • U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1913-1921
  • Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina, 1921-1923
  • Chairman, District of Columbia Rent Commission, 1923-1925
  • Commissioner, Court of Claims, 1925-1930

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