Eugene Rice
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Eugene Rice | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma | |
| In office December 1, 1963 – November 24, 1967 | |
| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma | |
| In office 1949–1963 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Orville Edwin Langley |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma | |
| In office August 11, 1937 – December 1, 1963 | |
| Appointed by | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Robert L. Williams |
| Succeeded by | Orville Edwin Langley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eugene Rice February 21, 1891 |
| Died | November 24, 1967 (aged 76) |
| Education | Union University (B.S.) Valparaiso University School of Law (LL.B.) |
Eugene Rice (February 21, 1891 – November 24, 1967) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
Born in Union City, Tennessee, Rice received a Bachelor of Science degree from Hall-Moody College (now Union University) in 1910 and a Bachelor of Laws from Valparaiso University School of Law in 1917. He was in the United States Army from 1917 to 1919, where he became a quartermaster sergeant. He was an assistant county attorney of Stephens County, Oklahoma in 1920. He was a County Judge in Stephens County from 1920 to 1922. He was in private practice in Duncan, Oklahoma from 1922 to 1930. He was an Oklahoma State District Judge from 1930 to 1937.[1]