Walter L. Tooze

Walter Lincoln Tooze, Jr. (February 24, 1887 – December 21, 1956) was an American attorney and politician in Oregon. He served as the 66th justice of the Oregon Supreme Court and as a state district court judge. Born in Oregon, he was veteran of World War I and unsuccessful candidate for the United States Congress.

Early life Tooze was born February 24, 1887, in Butteville, Oregon, on French Prairie in the Willamette Valley. The son of Walter and Sadie Barnes Tooze, he attended a variety of schools including one in Woodburn, Oregon, along with Bishop Scott Academy and Mt. Angel Academy. During World War I Tooze was a captain in the U.S. Army's 91st Division.

Then on November 16, 1950, Walter Tooze was appointed by Oregon Governor Douglas McKay to replace justice John O. Bailey on the Oregon Supreme Court after Bailey resigned his post. Tooze then won a full six-year term that same year and won re-election in 1956. and three children with his second wife Caroline V. Glazier. He married his third wife Helen Jane Laurell in 1944.