William Robert Wallace

William Robert Wallace (February 21, 1886 – June 24, 1960) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Troy, Texas, Wallace attended the University of Oklahoma College of Law and read law to enter the bar in 1910. He was in private practice in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma from 1910 to 1925, and then in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma until 1950. During this time, he was a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1909 to 1910, city attorney of Pauls Valley from 1911 to 1912, a county judge of Garvin County, Oklahoma from 1913 to 1917, and a member of the Oklahoma State Senate from 1919 to 1923. He was chairman of the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission from 1939 to 1942.

On April 17, 1950, Wallace was nominated by President Harry S. Truman to a jointly held seat on the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Western, and Northern Districts of Oklahoma, all three seats having been vacated by Bower Broaddus. Wallace was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 2, 1950, and received his commission on June 8, 1950. Wallace served in that capacity until his death, in 1960.

Sources

• William Robert Wallace at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.