Wallace McCamant

Personal

Birthday: 
9/22/1867
Birthplace: 
Hollidaysburg, PA
Date of Death: 
12/17/1944
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Portland, Oregon, 1890-
Master in chancery, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon, 1904-1917
Associate justice, Supreme Court of Oregon, 1917-1918
Private practice, Portland, Oregon

Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, December 8, 1925; rejected by Senate, March 17, 1926; resigned, May 2, 1926

Education

Name of School: 
Lafayette College
Degree: 
Ph.B.
Degree Year: 
1888
Name of School - Second: 
Read law
Degree Year - Second: 
1890

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Court Name: 

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating: 
Calvin Coolidge
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Termination Date: 
5/2/1926
Termination Reason: 
Recess Appointment-Not Confirmed