Oliver Jesse Carter

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Oliver Jesse Carter (born April 7, 1911 in San Francisco , California - †  June 14, 1976 ) was an American lawyer and politician . After his appointment by President Harry S. Truman , he served as a federal judge in the federal district court for the northern district of California from 1950 to 1976 .

Career

After graduating from high school, Oliver Carter attended Hastings College of the Law at the University of California in San Francisco, where he obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1935 . From the following year he practiced as a lawyer in Redding before he was deputy district attorney in Shasta County in 1938 . Between 1940 and 1950 he went back to his private legal work. He was also politically active as a member of the Democratic Party and sat in the California Senate from 1941 to 1949 . In July 1948 he took part in the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , on which President Truman was nominated for re-election. In 1949 he chaired the Democratic Party at the state level.

On September 27, 1950, Carter was appointed judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California by President Truman ; with that he took over a previously newly established seat. As the congress was in the session break, a recess appointment was used for this. The formal nomination was made on November 27 of the same year, after which the United States Senate confirmed Carter's appointment on December 13, and he could officially take office eight days later. From 1970 he was chairman ( chief judge ) at this federal court before he switched to senior status on April 7, 1976 and thus effectively retired. He was succeeded by Cecil F. Poole . During his tenure, Carter chaired the trial against Patty Hearst . He died on June 14, 1976, just three months after leaving active judicial service. The location of the vessel of his cremated body is unknown.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Patty Hurst Trial
personal data
SURNAME Carter, Oliver Jesse
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco , California
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1976