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Oscar Raymond Luhring (February 11, 1879 – August 18, 1944) was a United States federal judge.
Born in Gibson County, Indiana, Luhring received a B.L. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1900. He was in private practice in Evansville, Indiana from 1900 to the present. He was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1903 to 1904. He was a Deputy prosecuting attorney of First Judicial Circuit of Indiana from 1904 to 1908. He was a Prosecuting attorney of First Judicial Circuit of Indiana from 1908 to 1912. He was a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1919 to 1923. He was a Special assistant to U.S. secretary of labor, Washington, D.C. from 1923 to 1925. He was an Assistant U.S. attorney general of U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. from 1925 to 1930.
On June 23, 1930, Luhring was nominated by President Herbert Hoover to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia created by 46 Stat. 785. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 3, 1930, and received his commission the same day. Luhring served in that capacity until his death, in Washington, D.C.
Sources
- Oscar Raymond Luhring at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Categories:- 1879 births
- 1944 deaths
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- United States district court judges appointed by Herbert Hoover
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