Background
Wallace, William Robert was born on February 21, 1886 in Troy, Texas, United States. Son of William Thomas, Doctor of Medicine and Sarah Elizabeth (Creekmore) Wallace.
Wallace, William Robert was born on February 21, 1886 in Troy, Texas, United States. Son of William Thomas, Doctor of Medicine and Sarah Elizabeth (Creekmore) Wallace.
Student Indianola College (now University of Tulsa), 1901-1905, University of Oklahoma, 1909-1910. Doctor of Laws, Oklahoma Baptist University, 1947.
He was in private practice in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma from 1910 to 1925, and then in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma until 1950. He was chairman of the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission from 1939 to 1942. On April 17, 1950, Wallace was nominated by President Harry South. Truman to a jointly held seat on the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Western, and Northern Districts of Oklahoma, all three seats having been vacated by Bower Broaddus.
Wallace was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 2, 1950, and received his commission on June 8, 1950.
Wallace served in that capacity until his death, in 1960.
During this time, he was a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1909 to 1910, city attorney of Pauls Valley from 1911 to 1912, a county judge of Garvin County, Oklahoma from 1913 to 1917, and a member of the Oklahoma State Senate from 1919 to 1923.
Married Charlotte Walker, April. Married second Marie Henson, December 14, 1926.