Background
Vandeventer, William Luther was born on May 16, 1889 in Garrison, Missouri, United States. Son of Daniel Oliver and Annie Elizabeth (Cummings) Vandeventer.
Vandeventer, William Luther was born on May 16, 1889 in Garrison, Missouri, United States. Son of Daniel Oliver and Annie Elizabeth (Cummings) Vandeventer.
Bachelor of Laws, Benton College of Law, St. Louis, 1915, Master of Laws, 1916.
Prosecuting Attorney, Christian Company, Missouri, 1917-1920. Member, House of. Representative, Missouri from Christian Company, 1921-1922. Assistant Attorney General, Missouri, 1924.
Assistant United States Attorney, Western District Missouri, 1927-1929. United States Attorney, Western District. Missouri, since 1929.
Co-author: (with Robert W. Otto) Instructions to Juries in Criminal Cases, Indictments and Informations in Missouri Felonies, 1925.
Member Missouri House of Representatives, 1921-1922. Appointed judge Springfield Court of Appeals, 1944, elected judge, same court, for 12-year term, 1946. Member American Missouri and Greene Company bar associations.
Married Cora Casey. Married second, Elizabeth Randall, September 19, 1925. Children: Lancey Wilber, Mildred Joyce.