Thomas McAllister

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Thomas McAllister

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Nonpartisan

Prior offices
United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit

Education

Bachelor's

University of Michigan, 1918

Law

Read law, 1921

Personal
Birthplace
Grand Rapids, Mich.


Thomas Francis McAllister (1896-1976) was a federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit and a justice on the Michigan Supreme Court.

Federal judicial career

McAllister was nominated to the Sixth Circuit by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on April 25, 1941, to a seat vacated by Herschel Arant; he was confirmed by the Senate on May 19, 1941, and received commission on May 22. He served as chief judge from 1959-1961. He assumed senior status on January 1, 1963, and served in that capacity until his death on November 10, 1976.[1]

Education

  • University of Michigan Law School, A.B., 1918
  • Read law, 1921[1]

Professional career

  • Volunteer, French Foreign Legion, 1917-1918
  • Private practice, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1921-1937
  • Member, Michigan State Advisory Liquor Commission, 1933
  • Democratic candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan, 1934, 1936
  • Special assistant to U.S. attorney general, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1937
  • Justice, Supreme Court of Michigan, 1938-1941
  • Member, Attorney General's Commission on Bankruptcy Administration, 1939[1]

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by:
Herschel Arant
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
1941–1976
Succeeded by:
George Edwards