Albert R. Alexander (November 8, 1859 - 1966) was a Canadian-born American judge who from

Plattsburg, Missouri Plattsburg is a city in and the county seat of Clinton County, Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area in the western part of the state, within the United States. It developed along the Little Platte River. As of the 2020 cen ...

, who became the world's oldest serving judge and the world's longest serving judge. He retired on July 9, 1965, at the age of 105 years and 8 months. Alexander also worked as a farmer, a teacher, a newspaper publisher, and a lawyer. From 1901 until 1916, he was the owner and publisher of the ''Plattsburg Leader''. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson appointed him Postmaster for Plattsburg where he served until 1927. In 1950, he was elected to the office of Magistrate and Probate Judge of

Clinton County, Missouri Clinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 20,743. Its county seat is Plattsburg. The county was organized Januar ...

. Judge Wesley E. Brown holds the record as the oldest practicing federal judge while Judge

Joseph William Woodrough Joseph William Woodrough (August 29, 1873 – October 2, 1977) was a United States circuit judge 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 ...

, who was on the Eighth Circuit until 1977, also lived to the age of 104.

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