Oscar Richard Hundley

Personal

Birthday: 
10/30/1855
Birthplace: 
Limestone County, AL
Date of Death: 
12/22/1921
Place of Death: 
Birmingham, AL
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Huntsville, Alabama, 1878-1907
Division counsel, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway, 1884-1907
City attorney, Huntsville, Alabama, 1886-1890
State representative, Alabama, 1886-1890
State senator, Alabama, 1890-1898
Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Alabama, 1906-1907
President and general counsel, Sun Life Insurance Company, Birmingham, Alabama, 1913

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, December 3, 1907; no Senate vote
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, December 8, 1908; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School: 

Vanderbilt University Law School

The skills of lawyers, including the skills of analyzing complex issues, asking the right questions, advocating for clients, and managing disputes and organizations, are best taught in a rigorous setting by first-rate faculty, in the company of outstanding classmates. At Vanderbilt, you'll find a faculty that is second to none in combining excellent and demanding teaching with important and influential research. More than anywhere else, Vanderbilt professors are demanding in class and civil and accessible outside it. Our faculty and staff work hard to model, in every class and every program, best practices in teaching law. As a result, our graduates are in high demand, with more than 550 employers visiting Vanderbilt every year to recruit our students for positions throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Degree: 
LL.B.
Degree Year: 
1877

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama
Court Name: 

Alabama Northern District Court

President Nominating: 
Theodore Roosevelt
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Termination Date: 
5/30/1908
Termination Reason: 
Recess Appointment-Not Confirmed
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama
Court Name - Second: 

Alabama Northern District Court

Termination Date - Second: 
3/3/1909
Termination Reason - Second: 
Recess Appointment-Not Confirmed
Court Name - Third: 
U. S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama
Court Name - Third: 

Alabama Northern District Court

Termination Date - Third: 
5/25/1909
Termination Reason - Third: 
Resignation