Oscar Raymond Luhring | |
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| Associate Justice of theDistrict Court of the United States for the District of Columbia | |
| In office July 3, 1930 – August 18, 1944 | |
| Appointed by | Herbert Hoover |
| Preceded by | Seat established by 46 Stat. 785 |
| Succeeded by | Henry Albert Schweinhaut |
| United States Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division | |
| In office 1925–1930 | |
| President | Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover |
| Preceded by | William J. Donovan |
| Succeeded by | E. Nugent Dodds |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIndiana's1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923 | |
| Preceded by | George K. Denton |
| Succeeded by | William E. Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Oscar Raymond Luhring (1879-02-11)February 11, 1879 Haubstadt, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | August 18, 1944(1944-08-18) (aged 65) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | National Memorial Park Falls Church,Virginia |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of Virginia School of Law (LL.B.) |
Oscar Raymond Luhring (February 11, 1879 – August 18, 1944) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as aUnited States representative fromIndiana and anAssociate Justice of theDistrict Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.
Born inHaubstadt,Gibson County,Indiana, the grandson ofGerman immigrants,[1] Luhring attended the public schools and received aBachelor of Laws from theUniversity of Virginia School of Law in 1900. He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice inEvansville, Indiana in 1900. He was a member of theIndiana House of Representatives from 1903 to 1904. He was a deputy prosecuting attorney of the First Judicial Circuit of Indiana from 1904 to 1908. He was prosecuting attorney of the First Judicial Circuit of Indiana from 1908 to 1912.[2][3]
Luhring was elected as aRepublican to theUnited States House of Representatives of the66th and67th United States Congresses, serving from March 4, 1919, to March 3, 1923, and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the68th United States Congress.[2]
Luhring was a special assistant to theUnited States Secretary of Labor inWashington, D.C. from 1923 to 1925. He was appointed by PresidentCalvin Coolidge as Assistant United States Attorney General for theCriminal Division of theUnited States Department of Justice in 1925 and served until 1930.[2][3]
Luhring was nominated by PresidentHerbert Hoover on June 23, 1930, to theSupreme Court of the District of Columbia (District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia from June 25, 1936, now theUnited States District Court for the District of Columbia), to a new Associate Justice seat authorized by 46 Stat. 785. He was confirmed by theUnited States Senate on July 3, 1930, and received his commission the same day.[3] His service terminated on August 18, 1944, due to his death in Washington, D.C.[2] He was interred inAbbey Mausoleum inArlington County,Virginia, and reinterred in National Memorial Park inFalls Church, Virginia.[2]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIndiana's 1st congressional district 1919–1923 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by Seat established by 46 Stat. 785 | Associate Justice of theDistrict Court of the United States for the District of Columbia 1930–1944 | Succeeded by |
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