Richard M. Duncan

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Richard Meloan Duncan (born November 10, 1889 in Edgerton , Platte County , Missouri , †  August 1, 1974 in Kansas City , Missouri) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1933 and 1943 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives ; he then became a federal judge in the federal district court for the western and eastern districts of Missouri.

Career

Richard Duncan attended public schools in his home country and then until 1909 the Christian Brothers College in Saint Joseph . Between 1911 and 1917 he worked for the Buchanan County administration . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1916, he began to practice this profession in Saint Joseph. Between 1926 and 1930 he was a legal advisor to the local city administration.

Politically, Duncan was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1932 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated as a presidential candidate. In the 1932 congressional election , Duncan was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Jacob L. Milligan on March 4, 1933 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1943 . It was there that most of the New Deal laws were passed by 1941 . Since December 1941, the work of the US House of Representatives has also been shaped by the events of World War II . In 1933 the 21st amendment was ratified.

In the 1942 election, Duncan was defeated by Republican William Clay Cole . Between 1943 and 1965 he served as a federal judge on the United States District Court for Missouri. From 1954 to 1959 he was Chief Judge chairman of this federal court . On May 31, 1965, he switched to senior status and thus effectively retired. His seat fell to William Robert Collinson ; Albert Alphonso Ridge took over the presidency of the court . He died in Kansas City on August 1, 1974 and was buried in Saint Joseph.

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SURNAME Duncan, Richard M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duncan, Richard Meloan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Edgerton , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH 1st August 1974
Place of death Kansas City , Missouri