William R. Green

William Raymond Green (November 7, 1856 – June 11, 1947) was a United States representative from Iowa, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and later was a judge of the Court of Claims. His son, William R. Green Jr., served on the United States Board of Tax Appeals.

Education and career

Born on November 7, 1856, in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, Green attended the public schools in Malden, Illinois and attended Princeton High School in Princeton, Illinois. He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Dow City, Iowa from 1882 to 1884. Mellon's primary legislative objectives during Green's tenure involved tax reductions. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 12, 1928, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on May 29, 1940. He assumed inactive senior status after June 1942, meaning that while he remained a federal judge, he no longer heard cases or participated in the business of the court. His service terminated on June 11, 1947, due to his death in Bellport, New York, where he had resided since taking inactive senior status. He was interred in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.