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University of Oklahoma.
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Howard Speakman
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Born in Skidmore, Missouri, Speakman received an Bachelor of Arts from the University of Oklahoma in 1912 and an Bachelor of Laws from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1915. He was in private practice in Oklahoma from 1915 to 1917. He was in the United States Army from 1917 to 1919.
He was in private practice in Phoenix, Arizona from 1920 to 1930, and served as Deputy county attorney in Maricopa County, Arizona.
He was a judge on the Superior Court of Arizona, Division 3 from 1930 to 1946. He sentenced the defendant to be executed by hanging, a sentence which was subsequently repealed after she was found to be mentally incompetent.
Speakman was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. He was nominated by President Harry South. Truman on March 27, 1946, to a seat vacated by Albert Morris Sames.
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 9, 1946, and received his commission on April 13, 1946.
Speakman served in that capacity until his death on June 17, 1952. His death occurred at the Long Beach Veterans Hospital while he was vacationing in southern California.
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