Walter Angus Keeling

Walter Angus Keeling (November 22, 1873 – January 22, 1945) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Kosse, Texas, Keeling received an LL.B. from the University of Texas in 1897. He entered private practice in Groesbeck, Texas in 1897. He was an Assistant county attorney of Limestone County, Texas from 1898 to 1902. He was a County attorney of Limestone County, Texas from 1904 to 1908. He was a County judge, Limestone County, Texas from 1908 to 1912. He was an Assistant state attorney general of Texas from 1912 to 1918. He was a First assistant state attorney general of Texas from 1918 to 1921. He was the state attorney general of Texas from 1921 to 1925. He was in private practice in Texas from 1925 to 1942.

Keeling was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Keeling was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 16, 1942, to a seat vacated by Robert J. McMillan. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 26, 1942, and received his commission on January 28, 1942. Keeling served in that capacity until his death, in San Antonio, Texas.

He married Cora Sue Scott (born March 15, 1887, died April 11, 1984) and they had two sons Walter Scott Keeling (born February 9, 1914, died January 16, 1972) and John Robert Keeling (born June 15, 1921, died 199?).

Photograph 1942

Sources

Walter Angus Keeling at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Calvin M. Cureton	Attorney General of Texas 1925–1927	Succeeded by Dan Moody
Preceded by Thomas Sheldon Maxey	Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas 1942–1945	Succeeded by Ben Herbert Rice, Jr.

Attorneys General of Texas

	Republic of Texas (1836–45)	Collinsworth Henderson Grayson Birdsall Thurston Watrous Webb Morris Terrell Allen Ochiltree

	State of Texas (1846–present)	Howard Harris Brewster Hamilton Allen Jennings Willie Graham Flournoy Shelley Tarver Alexander Walton Turner Alexander Clark Boone McLeary McCormick Templeton Hogg Culberson Crane Smith Bell Davidson Lightfoot Walthall Looney Cureton Keeling Moody Pollard Bobbitt Allred McCraw Mann Sellers Daniel Shepperd Wilson Carr Martin Hill White Mattox Morales Cornyn Abbott Paxton

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