Daniel Thompson McCall Jr. (March 12, 1909 – December 4, 2000)
was a justice of the
Supreme Court of Alabama
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from 1969 to 1975.
Early life, education, and military service
Born in
Butler, Alabama
Butler is a town in and the county seat of Choctaw County, Alabama, United States. The population was 1,894 at the 2010 census.
History
When Choctaw County was formed in 1847, Butler was created as the county seat. The town was located and s ...
, to Daniel Thompson McCall and Caroline Winston Bush McCall, McCall graduated from the University Military School in Mobile in 1927, then received a
B.A.
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from the
University of Alabama
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in 1931, and an
LL.B.
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from the same institution in 1933.
He entered the private practice of law in Alabama, which was interrupted by service in the
United States Navy
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during
World War II
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, from 1943 to 1945.
After the war, he returned to the practice of law.
Judicial service
In 1960, McCall won election to a seat on the 13th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, in Mobile,
where he remained until October 1969, when Governor
Albert Brewer
Albert Preston Brewer (October 26, 1928 – January 2, 2017) was an American lawyer and Alabama Democratic Party, Democratic Party politician who served as the List of Governors of Alabama, 47th governor of Alabama from 1968 to 1971. He previ ...
"appointed Alva Hugh Maddox and Daniel T. McCall, Jr., to fill the two newly created Associate Justice positions".
McCall was re-elected to the court in 1970, and did not run for reelection in 1974,
[Don F. Wasson, "Courts Open Term With Prayer", ''The Montgomery Advertiser'' (October 8, 1974), p. 7.] so that "
1975, Justices Coleman, Harwood, and McCall retired at the expiration of their respective terms".
Personal life and death
On April 3, 1937, McCall married Mary Edna Montgomery of
Anniston, Alabama
Anniston is a city and the county seat of Calhoun County, Alabama, Calhoun County in Alabama, United States, and is one of two urban centers/principal cities of and included in the Anniston–Oxford metropolitan area, Anniston–Oxford Metropo ...
, with whom he had two daughters and one son.
McCall died at the age of 91.
References
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1909 births
2000 deaths
People from Butler, Alabama
University of Alabama alumni
Justices of the Supreme Court of Alabama