Background
Rives, Richard Taylor was born on January 15, 1895 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of William Henry and Alice Bloodworth (Taylor) Rives.
Rives, Richard Taylor was born on January 15, 1895 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of William Henry and Alice Bloodworth (Taylor) Rives.
Student, Tulane University, 1911-1912. Studied law in office of, Hill, Hill, Whiting and Stern, Montgomery.
Bar: Alabama bar 1914. General practice, Montgomery. Judge Fifth Circuit, United States Court Appeals, 1951-1959, chief judge, 1959-1960, judge, 1960-1966, senior United States circuit judge, 1966-1982.
Delaware Democratic Convention, Chicago, 1940.
Served in National Guard, 1916-1917, Mexican Border. Member Montgomery Bar Association (former president), Alabama Bar Association (president 1939), American Bar Association, American, Legion, Order of Coif (honorary). Presbtyerian.; Club:.
Married Jessie Hall Dougherty, July 23, 1918 (deceased. Married Martha Blake Frazer, June 18, 1976. Children: Richard Taylor (deceased), Callie Dougherty Smith.