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\"Texas Congressman\" Eugene Worley Hand Signed 3.5X5.75 Card:
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Up for sale the "Chief Judge Customs & Patents Appeals" Eugene Worley Hand Signed 3.5X5.75 Card. 

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Francis Eugene Worley (October

10, 1908 – December 17, 1974) was a United an Associate Judge and

Chief Judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. Born on

October 10, 1908, in Lone Wolf, Kiowa County, Oklahoma, Worley moved to Shamrock, Texas in 1922, attending the public

schools. He attended the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas

(now Texas A&M University)

in 1927 and 1928, and the University of Texas School

of Law from 1930 to 1935. He was admitted to the bar in 1935

and entered private practice in Shamrock from 1935 to 1941. He was a member of

the Texas House of

Representatives from 1935 to 1940. He was a United States

Representative from Texas from 1941 to 1950. He was a

lieutenant commander in the United States Naval

Reserve during World War II from 1941 to 1942, while a Member of

Congress.  Worley

won following a mass campaign including many high school students.[3] He was elected to the 77th United States

Congress and reelected to the four succeeding Congresses and

served from January 3, 1941, until his resignation April 3, 1950. He served as Chairman of the

Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in

the 78th United States

Congress. In the 1948 general election,

Worley handily defeated the Republican Party nominee,

Texas historian and rancher J. Evetts Haley, who ran for governor as a Democrat in 1956

and then returned to the GOP to support Barry M. Goldwater in

1964.[  Worley

was nominated by President Harry S. Truman on February 24, 1950, to an Associate

Judge seat on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals vacated

by Judge Charles Sherrod Hatfield.

He was confirmed by the United States Senate on

March 8, 1950, and received his commission on March 9, 1950. Worley was

initially appointed as a Judge under Article I,

but the court was raised to Article III status by operation of law on August 25, 1958, and Worley

thereafter served as an Article III Judge.

His service terminated on April 30, 1959, due to his elevation to be Chief

Judge of the same court. Worley

was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on

March 25, 1959, to the Chief Judge seat on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals vacated

by Judge Noble J. Johnson. He was

confirmed by the United States Senate on

April 29, 1959, and received his commission on April 30, 1959. He was a member

of the Judicial

Conference of the United States from 1961 to 1972. He

assumed senior status due to

a certified disability on June 26, 1972. His service terminated on December 17,

1974, due to his death. 

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