Daniel T. McCall Jr.
Daniel Thompson McCall Jr. (March 12, 1909 – December 4, 2000)[1] was a justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 1969 to 1975.
Early life, education, and military service
[edit]Born in Butler, Alabama, to Daniel Thompson McCall and Caroline Winston Bush McCall, McCall graduated from the University Military School in Mobile in 1927, then received a B.A. from the University of Alabama in 1931, and an LL.B. from the same institution in 1933.[1] He entered the private practice of law in Alabama, which was interrupted by service in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1943 to 1945.[1] After the war, he returned to the practice of law.
Judicial service
[edit]In 1960, McCall won election to a seat on the 13th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, in Mobile,[1] where he remained until October 1969, when Governor Albert Brewer "appointed Alva Hugh Maddox and Daniel T. McCall, Jr., to fill the two newly created Associate Justice positions".[2] McCall was re-elected to the court in 1970,[3] and did not run for reelection in 1974,[4] so that "[i]n 1975, Justices Coleman, Harwood, and McCall retired at the expiration of their respective terms".[2]
Personal life and death
[edit]On April 3, 1937, McCall married Mary Edna Montgomery of Anniston, Alabama, with whom he had two daughters and one son.[1]
McCall died at the age of 91.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Daniel Thompson McCall Jr". Alabama Department of Archives & History. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007.
- ^ a b "Alabama Appellate Courts: History of Supreme Court". Judiciary of Alabama. 1989. Archived from the original on January 19, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
- ^ Alabama Judicial System, Alabama Appellate Justices and Judges, Past and Present.
- ^ Don F. Wasson, "Courts Open Term With Prayer", The Montgomery Advertiser (October 8, 1974), p. 7.