Bower Slack Broaddus (May 30, 1888 – December 10, 1949) was a
United States district judge
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of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
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, the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
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and the
United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
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Missouri
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, Broaddus received a
Bachelor of Laws
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from the
Kansas City School of Law
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(now the
University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law
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It ...
) in 1910. He was in private practice in Muskogee,
Oklahoma
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from 1910 to 1940. He was a police judge in Muskogee from 1912 to 1914, and was a city attorney of Muskogee from 1926 to 1930. He was a member of the
Oklahoma House of Representatives
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from 1933 to 1935, and of the
Oklahoma Senate
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Federal judicial service
Broaddus was nominated by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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on September 24, 1940, to a joint seat on the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma (in case citations, E.D. Okla. or E.D. Ok.) is a federal court in the Tenth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, whic ...
, the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma (in case citations, N.D. Okla.) is a federal court in the Tenth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appe ...
and the
United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
The United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma (in case citations, W.D. Okla. or W.D. Ok.) is a federal court in the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, Tenth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims a ...
United States Senate
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on September 27, 1940, and received his commission on October 1, 1940. His service terminated on December 10, 1949, due to his death.