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Upon Reeves' death on Jan. 12, 1910, the Muskogee Phoenix wrote, "In the history of the early days of Eastern Oklahoma the name of Bass Reeves has a place in the front rank among those who ...
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Due to the unpredictability of such circumstances, deaths of judges in active service are more likely to lead to judicial appointment controversies (where one party resists the confirmation of a judge appointed by a president of the other party); such deaths occasionally change the structure of the court itself, as legislators may seek to avoid changing the balance of a particular court by ...
John P. Slough. John P. Slough was appointed by President Andrew Johnson to serve as chief justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court.In 1867 William Logan Rynerson, a member of the Territorial Legislative Council, took part in a campaign to denigrate the judge, and authored a resolution in the legislature to have the judge removed, leading Slough to slander Rynerson publicly.
On May 16, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Reeves to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, to the seat being vacated by Judge Thomas W. Phillips, who eventually took senior status on August 1, 2013. [7] Her nomination was reported out of committee on January 16 ...
On Jan. 12, 1910, Bass Reeves died of Bright's disease (nephritis). Hundreds of people attended his funeral. Fellow lawman Bud Ledbetter said Reeves was “one of the bravest men this country has ...
The presiding judge was C. W. Raymond. Bennie was sentenced to the U.S. prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for his natural life. [3] Bennie was released after eleven years in prison, and lived out the rest of his life as a model citizen. [4] [5] [a] Reeves encountered some of the most ruthless outlaws of his day.
The heartbreaking death of Extreme Weight Loss alum Brandi Mallory last month now has an official explanation. Mallory — who was found dead on Nov. 9 at the age of 40 — died from complications ...