Albert Alphonso Ridge

Judge Albert Alphonso Ridge

Personal

Birthday:

10/31/1898

Birthplace:

Nevada, MO

Date of Death:

3/2/1967

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Army, 1917-1919
Deputy clerk, Jackson County, Missouri, 1919-1921
Private practice, Missouri, 1925-1934
Judge, Circuit Court of Missouri, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, 1935-1945

Education

Name of School:

Read law

Degree Year:

1923

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Western District of Missouri

Court Name:

Missouri Western District Court

President Nominating:

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

4/7/1945

Termination Date:

6/29/1961

Termination Reason:

Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Court Name - Second:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Court Name - Second:

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second:

6/15/1961

Retirement from Active Service - Second:

4/16/1965

Termination Date - Second:

3/2/1967

Termination Reason - Second:

Death