William Raymond Green (November 7, 1856 – June 11, 1947) was a

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from

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, Chairman of the

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and later was a

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of the Court of Claims. His son, William R. Green Jr., served on the

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Education and career

Born on November 7, 1856, in

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, Green attended the public schools in Malden,

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and attended Princeton High School in

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, Illinois. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1879 from

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in Oberlin,

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and

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with McCoy & Pratt in

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, Illinois in 1882. He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Dow City,

from 1882 to 1884. He continued private practice in

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, Iowa from 1884 to 1894. He served as a Judge of the Iowa District Court for the Fifteenth Judicial District from 1894 to 1911.

Congressional service

Green was elected as a

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to the

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of the

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to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of

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. He was reelected to the

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and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from June 5, 1911, until March 31, 1928, when he resigned to accept a federal judgeship. He was Chairman of the

in the 68th through

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es.

Political philosophy

Green was considered a moderate Republican who worked well as Ways and Means Committee Chairman with President Calvin Coolidge's

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.H. Doc. 100-244, The Committee on Ways and Means a Bicentennial History 1789-1989
at p. 259. Mellon's primary legislative objectives during Green's tenure involved tax reductions.

Federal judicial service

Green was nominated by President

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on February 20, 1928, to a seat on the Court of Claims (later the

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) vacated by Judge

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."William Green Appointed to Federal Bench," Mason City Globe-Gazette, 1928-02-20, at p.1. He was confirmed by the

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on March 12, 1928, and received his commission the same day. He assumed

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on May 29, 1940. He assumed inactive senior status after June 1942, meaning that while he remained a federal judge, he no longer heard cases or participated in the business of the court. His service terminated on June 11, 1947, due to his death in

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, where he had resided since taking inactive senior status. He was interred in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Green, William Raymond 1856 births 1947 deaths People from Colchester, Connecticut Judges of the United States Court of Claims United States Article I federal judges appointed by Calvin Coolidge 20th-century American judges Iowa state court judges Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa People from Bellport, New York People from Audubon, Iowa