Ralph E. Campbell

Ralph E. Campbell (May 9, 1867 – January 9, 1921) was a United States federal judge.

Biography

Born in Butler County, Pennsylvania, Campbell received a B.S. from Indiana Normal University in 1891, an A.B. from the same institution the following year, and an LL.B. from the University of Kansas in 1894. He was an assistant general solicitor for Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad, Indian Territory and Arkansas from 1895 to 1901, and a general attorney of Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad, Oklahoma Territory from 1901 to 1903. He was in private practice in South McAlester, Indian Territory from 1905 to 1907. He was in private practice in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1918 to 1921.

On November 11, 1907, Campbell received a recess appointment from Theodore Roosevelt to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma created by 34 Stat. 276. Formally nominated on December 3, 1907, he was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 13, 1908, and received his commission the same day. Campbell served in that capacity until August 31, 1918, when he resigned.

He died in Tulsa, Oklahoma on January 9, 1921.

Sources

• Ralph E. Campbell at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.