Name Maurice Dooling Died November 4, 1924 | Education Santa Clara University | |
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Maurice Timothy Dooling Sr. (October 12, 1860 – November 4, 1924) was a United States federal judge.
Dooling was born in a mining camp near Moore's Flat, California, to Elizabeth Mary and Timothy Dooling, Irish immigrants who were pioneers in the territory. Maurice received an A.B. in 1880 and an A.M. in 1881 from Saint Mary's College of California (in San Francisco at that time.) He was a teacher at St. Mary's College from 1881 to 1883, and read law to enter the bar in 1885. He then served as a Democratic Party member of the California State Assembly from the San Benito district from 1885 to 1887, and as a judge on the Superior Court of San Benito County, California from 1897 to 1913. He received a Ph.D. from Santa Clara College in 1903.
In 1906, Dooling ran for election to the position of Associate Justice on the California Court of Appeal, First District, on the Democratic ticket but lost by a slim margin to Republicans Frank H. Kerrigan and S. P. Hall.
On July 18, 1913, Dooling was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California vacated by John J. De Haven. Dooling was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 28, 1913, and received his commission the same day. Dooling served in that capacity until his death, in 1924.
Dooling's son, Maurice T. Dooling Jr., was appointed to the Supreme Court of California in 1960.