Orville Langley

Orville Langley

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

Years in office: 1965 - 1973

Education

Bachelor's

Harvard University, 1932

Law

University of Tulsa Law, 1940

Personal

Birthplace

Oklahoma

Orville Edwin Langley (1908-1973) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

Langley was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson on January 7, 1965, to a seat vacated by Eugene Rice; he was confirmed by the Senate on January 26, 1965, and received commission the next day. He served as chief judge from 1965 until his death on September 12, 1973.^[1] Langley was succeeded in this position by Joseph Morris.

Early life and education

• Harvard University, B.S., 1932
• University of Tulsa College of Law, LL.B., 1940^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Muskogee, Oklahoma, 1940-1961
• U.S. Army Colonel, 1942-1946
• Member, Oklahoma House of Representatives, 1949-1952
• U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1961-1965^[1]

Judicial career

Eastern District of Oklahoma

Langley was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson on January 7, 1965, to a seat vacated by Eugene Rice; he was confirmed by the Senate on January 26, 1965, and received commission the next day. He served as chief judge from 1965 until his death on September 12, 1973.^[1] Langley was succeeded in this position by Joseph Morris.

External links

• Orville Langley's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
Active judges	Chief Judge: Ronald White (Oklahoma)Chief Judge: John Heil
Senior judges	James Payne  •  Frank Seay  •
Magistrate judges	Steven Shreder  •  Kimberly West  •
Former Article III judges	David L. Russell  •  Ralph Campbell  •  Robert Williams (Oklahoma)  •  Joseph Morris  •  Franklin Elmore Kennamer  •  Alfred Murrah  •  Eugene Rice  •  Bower Broaddus  •  Luther Bohanon  •  William Wallace (Oklahoma)  •  Billy Burrage  •  Harold Cook  •  Frederick Daugherty  •  Orville Langley  •
Former Chief judges	James Payne  •  Frank Seay  •  Joseph Morris  •  Eugene Rice  •  Billy Burrage  •  Frederick Daugherty  •  Orville Langley  •

v • e Federal judges nominated by Lyndon Johnson
1964	Anderson • Bratton • Christie • Collins • Cowen • Davis • Ely • Freedman • Gordon • Higginbotham • McNichols • Muecke • Nichols • Port • Rabinovitz • Robinson • Simons • Suttle • Weber • Whelan • Zampano
1965	Bryant • Celebrezze • Coffin • Coleman • Collinson • Corcoran • Doyle • Eubanks • Fortas • Frankel • Gasch • Gibson • Gordon • Harris • Hemphill • Hill • Hunter • Landis • Langley • Leventhal • Maxwell • McEntee • Mehrtens • Nichol • Reynolds • Russell • Smith • Tamm • Thornberry • Young
1966	Ainsworth • Atkins • Boyle • Cabot • Cassibry • Copple • Craven • Cummings • Dyer • Fairchild • Feinberg • Ferguson • Fullam • Garrity • Godbold • Goldberg • Goodwin • Gray • Guinn • Harvey • Hauk • Heaney • Heebe • Hickey • Hogan • Kaufman • Kinneary • Krentzman • Lay • Leddy • Lord • Lynch • MacKenzie • Mansfield • McCree • McRae • Mitchell • Motley • Napoli • Nichols • Noland • Peck II • Peckham • Pettine • Pittman • Porter • Real • Roberts • Robinson • Robinson • Rubin • Russell • Scott • Seals • Seitz • Simpson • Singleton • Skelton • Smith • Smith • Taylor • Thomas • von der Heydt • Watson • Winter • Wise
1967	Arnow • Beckworth • Belloni • Butzner • Cancio • Carter • Clayton • Combs • Comiskey • Curtin • Eaton • Edenfield • Fernandez-Badillo • Gesell • Gordon • Jones • Keith • Kellam • Lambros • Maletz • Marshall • Masterson • Merhige • Morgan • Murray • Neville • Pollack • Pregerson • Theis • Troutman • Van Dusen • Waddy • Weiner • Weinstein • Whipple • Williams
1968	Aldisert • Baldwin • Bownes • Bright • Green • Gubow • Henderson • Holloway • Hufstedler • Judd • Justice • Keady • Kerner, Jr. • Lasker • Latchum • Lawrence • McMillan • Morgan • Newman • Nixon • Pratt • Re • Rosenstein • Schwartz • Smith • Stahl • Travia • Woodward