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A biography of Judge Royce H. Savage is presented. He was born in Choctaw Nation territory in Oklahoma on March 31, 1904. He studied at the University of Oklahoma and earned a law degree in 1927. He became involved with the Democratic Party and helped organize the 1936 election of Josh Lee to the U.S. Senate. He was appointed as a U.S. District Court judge in 1940 by former U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, and he served until 1961. He practiced law until his death on December 27, 1993. |
