1. Wallace McCamant was an American jurist in Oregon.
12 Facts About Wallace McCamant
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Wallace McCamant grew up in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and attended the public schools in that town.
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Wallace McCamant then read law and in 1890 was admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania and subsequently moved to Oregon.
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Wallace McCamant became a Master in Chancery for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon in 1904, serving until 1917.
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Wallace McCamant would serve as the President General of the Sons of the American Revolution from 1921 until 1922.
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On January 8,1917, Wallace McCamant was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court to replace Robert Eakin by Oregon Governor James Withycombe.
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Eighteen months later, McCamant resigned on June 4,1918, and was replaced by Charles A Johns.
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Wallace McCamant received a recess appointment from President Calvin Coolidge on May 25,1925, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated by Judge Erskine Mayo Ross.
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Wallace McCamant was nominated to the same position by President Coolidge on December 8,1925.
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Wallace McCamant's service terminated on May 2,1926, due to his resignation, though he would have been eligible to continue serving until the sine die adjournment of the first session of the 69th United States Congress on July 3,1926.
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In 1922, Wallace McCamant dedicated the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider statue in Portland's South Park Blocks.
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On December 17,1944, Wallace McCamant died and was buried at River View Cemetery in Portland.