Albert Alphonsus Ridge (October 31, 1898 – March 2, 1967) was a

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of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

Education and career

Born in

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, Ridge was in the

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from 1917 to 1919 and was a deputy clerk of Jackson County, Missouri from 1919 to 1921 before reading law to enter the bar in 1923. He was in private practice in Missouri from 1925 to 1934, and was a judge of the Circuit Court of Jackson County from 1935 to 1945.

Federal judicial service

Ridge was nominated by President

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on March 12, 1945, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri vacated by Judge Merrill E. Otis. He was confirmed by the

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on April 3, 1945, and received his commission on April 7, 1945. He served as Chief Judge from 1959 to 1961. His service terminated on June 29, 1961, due to elevation to the Eighth Circuit. Ridge was nominated by President

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on May 23, 1961, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated by Judge

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. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 14, 1961, and received his commission on June 15, 1961. He assumed

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on April 16, 1965. His service terminated on March 2, 1967, due to his death.

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