Richard Taylor Rives was an American lawyer and judge.
17 Facts About Richard Rives
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Richard Rives is a descendant of Robert Ryves of Dorset.
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Richard Rives attended the public high school in Montgomery and graduated as valedictorian of his class.
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Richard Rives then won a tuition scholarship and began studies at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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However, Richard Rives had to borrow money for living expenses from his sister, so he withdrew from the university after a year and began working for Wiley Hill, an attorney practicing in Montgomery whose family plantation had shared a border with the Richard Rives' plantation before the American Civil War.
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Richard Rives was in private practice in Montgomery, Alabama, from 1914 to 1916.
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Richard Rives's son had attended the University of Exeter in England and Harvard University in Massachusetts, then become severely ill while serving in the Pacific theater during World War II.
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In 1919 Richard Rives returned to private practice in Montgomery after his World War I service, and became involved in politics and the Democratic Party during the New Deal.
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Richard Rives directed the 1942 gubernatorial campaign of Bibb Graves, who died before the election.
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Richard Rives served as president of both the Montgomery County and state bar associations.
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Richard Rives was a close friend of United States Senator then Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, as well as of Alabama Senators John Sparkman and Lister Hill.
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Richard Rives was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 1,1951, and received his commission on May 3,1951.
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Richard Rives served as Chief Judge and as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1959 to 1960.
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Richard Rives was reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on October 1,1981, pursuant to 94 Stat.
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Richard Rives's service terminated on October 27,1982, due to his death.
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Richard Rives became involved in cases concerning bus desegregation, legislative redistricting and jury selection.
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Richard Rives died at home in Montgomery, age 87 on October 27,1982, after a long illness.