Walter Angus Keeling

Walter Angus Keeling
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
In office January 28, 1942 – January 22, 1945
Appointed by	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Robert Johnston McMillan
Succeeded by	Ben Herbert Rice Jr.
Attorney General of Texas
In office December 1921 – January 1925
Governor	Pat Neff
Preceded by	Calvin M. Cureton
Succeeded by	Dan Moody
Personal details
Born	(1873-11-22)November 22, 1873 Kosse, Texas
Died	January 22, 1945(1945-01-22) (aged 71) San Antonio, Texas
Political party	Democratic

Walter Angus Keeling (November 22, 1873 – January 22, 1945) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Kosse, Texas, Keeling received an LL.B. from the University of Texas in 1897. He entered private practice in Groesbeck, Texas in 1897. He was an Assistant county attorney of Limestone County, Texas from 1898 to 1902. He was a County attorney of Limestone County, Texas from 1904 to 1908. He was a County judge, Limestone County, Texas from 1908 to 1912. He was an Assistant state attorney general of Texas from 1912 to 1918. He was a First assistant state attorney general of Texas from 1918 to 1921. He was the state attorney general of Texas from 1921 to 1925. He was in private practice in Texas from 1925 to 1942.

Keeling was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Keeling was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 16, 1942, to a seat vacated by Robert Johnston McMillan. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 26, 1942, and received his commission on January 28, 1942. Keeling served in that capacity until his death, in San Antonio, Texas.

Sources

• Walter Angus Keeling at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

External links

• Photograph 1942