Richard Elihu Sloan

Biography of Richard Elihu Sloan

Family Name (Surname): Sloan
First Name: Richard
Middle Name: Elihu
Date of Birth: June , 22 , 1857
Place of Birth (POB): Preble Co. , Oregon (US-OR, OR, 41, Oreg., Ore., Or.)
Date of Death: December , 14 , 1933
Place of Death (POD): Phoenix , Arkansas (US-AR, AR, 05, Ark.)izona (US-AZ, AZ, 04, Arkansas (US-AR, AR, 05, Ark.)iz., Az.)
Gender Identity: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White

Court Name: United States District Court, District of Arizona
Court Type: United States District Court
Appointment under the Presidency of: William H. Taft ( Republican )
Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 12/03/1912
Judicial Recess Appointment date: 08/26/1912
New Seat
Authorization legislation: 36 Stat. 557
Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 12/03/1912
Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
Committee action date: 03/01/1913
Date of Termination: 03/03/1913
Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Recess Appointment-Not Confirmed

Law Degree (Name of School): Cincinnati Law School (now University of Cincinnati College of Law)
Degree: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
Law Degree Year: 1884

Private practice, Phoenix, Arizona Territory, 1884-1886
Private practice, Florence, Arizona Territory, 1886-1887
County attorney, Pinal County, Arizona Territory, 1887-1889
Member, Territorial Council, Phoenix, Arizona Territory, 1889
Associate justice, Supreme Court of Arizona Territory, 1889-1894, 1897-1909
Private practice, Prescott, Arizona Territory, 1894-1897
Governor, Arizona Territory, 1909-1912
Private practice, Phoenix, Arizona, 1913-1933
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, March 1, 1912; no Senate vote
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, December 3, 1912; no Senate vote