Randle Smith

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Years in office: 1956 - 1962

Education

Bachelor's

University of Missouri, 1931

Personal

Birthplace

Campbell, MO

Randle Jasper Smith (1908-1962) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

Smith was nominated by PresidentDwight Eisenhower on June 5, 1956, to a seat vacated byCharles Whittaker; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 2, 1956, and received commission the next day. He served aschief judge from 1961 until his death on January 8, 1962. Smith was succeeded in this position byJohn Oliver.

Early life and education

• University of Missouri, A.B., 1931

Professional career

• Private practice, Springfield, Missouri, 1931-1956
• Member, Missouri State Senate, 1943-1954

Judicial career

Western District of Michigan

Smith was nominated by PresidentDwight Eisenhower on June 5, 1956, to a seat vacated byCharles Whittaker;^[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on July 2, 1956, and received commission the next day. He served aschief judge from 1961 until his death on January 8, 1962. Smith was succeeded in this position byJohn Oliver.

External links

• Biography(dead link) from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Active judges	Chief Judge: Mary Elizabeth Phillips  •  David Kays  •  Brian C. Wimes  •  Stephen R. Bough  •  Roseann A. Ketchmark  •  Megan Benton
Senior judges	Rodney Sippel  •  Nanette Laughrey  •  Ortrie Smith  •  Dean Whipple  •  Howard Sachs  •  Fernando Gaitan  •  Gary Fenner  •  M. Douglas Harpool  •
Magistrate judges	James England  •  David P. Rush  •  Lajuana Counts  •  Willie Epps  •  Brian Gaddy  •  Jill Morris  •
Former Article III judges	Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr.  •  Robert William Wells  •  John Gibson (Eighth Circuit)  •  Arnold Krekel  •  John Finis Philips  •  Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh  •  Albert Reeves  •  Merrill Otis  •  John Collet  •  Richard Dorr  •  William Collinson  •  Richard Duncan (Missouri)  •  Joseph Stevens (Missouri)  •  Harris Wangelin  •  Brook Bartlett  •  William Becker  •  Russell Clark  •  Floyd Gibson  •  Albert Ridge  •  Charles Whittaker  •  Elmo Hunter  •  John Oliver (Missouri)  •  Ross Roberts  •  Randle Smith  •
Former Chief judges	Dean Whipple  •  Scott Wright  •  Howard Sachs  •  Albert Reeves  •  Richard Duncan (Missouri)  •  Joseph Stevens (Missouri)  •  Brook Bartlett  •  William Becker  •  Russell Clark  •  Floyd Gibson  •  Albert Ridge  •  Elmo Hunter  •  John Oliver (Missouri)  •  Randle Smith  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byDwight 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