William Raymond Green (November 7, 1856 – June 11, 1947) was a United States representative from Iowa, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and later was a judge of the Court of Claims. His son, William R. Green Jr., served on the United States Board of Tax Appeals.
William R. Green | |
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Senior Judge of the Court of Claims | |
In office May 29, 1940 – June 11, 1947 | |
Judge of the Court of Claims | |
In office March 12, 1928 – May 29, 1940 | |
Appointed by | Calvin Coolidge |
Preceded by | James Hay |
Succeeded by | J. Warren Madden |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 9th district | |
In office June 5, 1911 – March 31, 1928 | |
Preceded by | Walter I. Smith |
Succeeded by | Earl W. Vincent |
Personal details | |
Born | William Raymond Green November 7, 1856 Colchester, Connecticut, U.S. |
Died | June 11, 1947 Bellport, New York, U.S. | (aged 90)
Resting place | Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Residence(s) | Bellport, New York |
Education | Oberlin College (A.B.) read law |
Born on November 7, 1856, in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut,[1] Green attended the public schools in Malden, Illinois and attended Princeton High School in Princeton, Illinois.[1] He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1879 from Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio and read law with McCoy & Pratt in Chicago, Illinois in 1882.[2] He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Dow City, Iowa from 1882 to 1884.[2] He continued private practice in Audubon, Iowa from 1884 to 1894.[2] He served as a Judge of the Iowa District Court for the Fifteenth Judicial District from 1894 to 1911.[2]
Green was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives of the 62nd United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Walter I. Smith.[1] He was reelected to the 63rd United States Congress and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from June 5, 1911, until March 31, 1928, when he resigned to accept a federal judgeship.[1] He was Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee in the 68th through 70th United States Congresses.[1]
Green was considered a moderate Republican who worked well as Ways and Means Committee Chairman with President Calvin Coolidge's Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew W. Mellon.[3] Mellon's primary legislative objectives during Green's tenure involved tax reductions.[3]
Green was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge on February 20, 1928, to a seat on the Court of Claims (later the United States Court of Claims) vacated by Judge James Hay.[4] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 12, 1928, and received his commission the same day.[2] He assumed senior status on May 29, 1940.[2] He assumed inactive senior status after June 1942, meaning that while he remained a federal judge, he no longer heard cases or participated in the business of the court.[1] His service terminated on June 11, 1947, due to his death in Bellport, New York, where he had resided since taking inactive senior status.[1] He was interred in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.[1]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress