Richard Smith Whaley

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

U.S. Court of Claims

Years in office: 1947 - 1951

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Years in office: 1939 - 1947

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Years in office: 1930 - 1939

Personal

Birthplace

Charleston, SC

Richard Smith Whaley (1874-1951) was afederal judge on theUnited States Court of Claims.

Whaley was nominated to the Court of Claims by PresidentHerbert Hoover. He was commissioned onJune 3, 1930. He was later sworn in aschief justice onJune 27, 1939, following an appointment to that position from PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt. He assumedsenior status onJuly 9, 1947, and served in that capacity until his death onNovember 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

Footnotes

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Former judges

Atkinson •Barney •Bennett •Blackford •Booth •Campbell •Casey •Collins •Cowen •John Davis •John Bancroft Davis •Oscar Davis •Downey •Drake •Durfee •Friedman •Gilchrist •Graham •Green •Hay •Howell •Howry •Hughes •Hunt •Jones •Kashiwa •Kunzig •Laramore •Littleton •Loring •Madden •Milligan •Moss •Nichols •Nott •Peck •Peelle •Richardson •Scarburgh •Scofield •Sinnott •Skelton •Smith •Weldon •Whaley •Whitaker •Williams •Wilmot •Wright •

v • e Federal judges nominated byHerbert Hoover
1929	Avis •Byers •Caffey •Coxe, Jr. •Galston •Gardner •Glenn •Hopkins •Lenroot •Littleton •McDermott •Phillips •Sparks •Watson •Wheat •Wilbur •Wilson •Williams •Woolsey •Wyman
1930	Adkins •Bryant •Cosgrave •Cox •Hincks •Hughes •Hutcheson •Luhring •Nields •Patterson •Roberts •Sibley •Thompson •Whaley •Wheat
1931	Barnes •Chesnut •Evans •Fee •Groner •Hincks •Hitz •Hollzer •Kennamer •Kennerly •Kincheloe •Knight •Letts •McMillan •Morton •Nordbye •O'Brien •O'Donoghue •Paul, Jr. •Proctor •Sames •Sanborn •Sawtelle •Soper •Strum •Underwood • Way
1932	Briggle •Cardozo •Dallinger •Forman •Johnson •Joyce •McLellan •Simons •Welsh

v • e Federal judges nominated byFranklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1940)
1933	Bell •Bratton •Donohoe •FitzHenry •Garrecht •Keefe •Ragon •Stone •Woodrough
1934	Allen •Bowen •Holly •Hulbert •Long •Major •Myers •Rippey •Sullivan
1935	Baldwin •Denman •Faris •Ford •Hamilton •Haney •Holmes •Mahoney •Martin •Mathews •McDuffie •Moore •Roche •A. L. Stephens •H. M. Stephens •Sweeney • Yankwich
1936	Abruzzo •Clancy •Davidson •Davis •Holland •Lederle •Leibell •Ling •Mandelbaum •Maris •Pollard •Thomas •Underwood
1937	Adair •Biggs •Black •Burke •Collet •Druffel •Edgerton •Groner •Healy •Jackson •Jenney •Kloeb •Major •McColloch •Miller •Mize •Murrah •Rice •Stephens •Sullivan •Swinford •Treanor •Trimble •Vinson •Watkins •Williams •Wyche
1938	Clark •Conger •Ford •Hamilton •Laws •Maris •McCord •Murphree •Reed
1939	Allred •Arant •Beaumont •Biddle •Black •Clark •Darr •Davies •Dobie •Douglas •Duffy •Frankfurter •Goldsborough •Huxman •Igoe •Jones •Kalodner •Kerner, Sr. •Lemley •Lumpkin •Magruder •Miller •Morris •Picard •Porterie •Roberts •Rutledge •Walker •Welsh •Whaley •Whitaker •Wilkin
1940	Bard •Barker •Barksdale •Boyd •Broaddus •Caillouet •Campbell •Dobie •Ganey •Goodrich •Harrison •Hartigan •Johnsen •Jones •Leamy •Mahoney •Martin •Murphy •Murrah •O'Connor •Oliver •Pine •Russell •Savage •Schwellenbach •Walker •Waller

v • e Federal judges nominated byFranklin Delano Roosevelt (1941-1945)
1941	Bright •Byrnes •Eicher •Frank •Freed •Healey •Jackson •Leahy •Leavy •Lovett •Madden •McAllister •McGuire •Miller •Minton •Moore •Riddick •Rifkind •J. Smith •W. Smith •Stone •Timmerman •Vogel •Waring •Woodbury •Wyzanski
1942	Brennan •Cole •Delehant •Ekwall •Goodman •Hall •Hannay •Keeling •Meaney
1943	Arnold •Chandler •Clark •Duncan •Helvering •Hulen •Lawrence •Lee •McLaughlin •Mullins •Rutledge •Swygert • Waller
1944	Bone •Connor •Graven •Hutcheson •Kennedy •LaBuy •O'Connell •Schweinhaut •Shaw
1945	Brown •Davis •Foley •Laws •Ridge