Preceded by Fred Taylor Succeeded by Harold Ryan Succeeded by Marion Callister Name Raymond McNichols | Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson Political party Democratic Party Preceded by Chase Clark Battles and wars World War II | |
Born June 16, 1914
Bonners Ferry, Idaho ( 1914-06-16 ) Resting place Morris Hill Cemetery
Boise, Idaho Died December 25, 1985, Boise, Idaho, United States Education University of Idaho College of Law | ||
Raymond Clyne McNichols (June 16, 1914 – December 25, 1985) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Idaho.
Born in Bonners Ferry, Idaho and raised in Lewiston, McNichols was in the U.S. Navy during World War II, from 1942 to 1947. He attended the University of Idaho in Moscow and received an LL.B. from its College of Law in 1950. He was in private practice in Orofino in Clearwater County from 1950 to 1964.
On April 15, 1964, McNichols was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho vacated by the retirement of Chase A. Clark. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 30 and received his commission on May 1, 1964. McNichols served as chief judge from 1971 to 1981, and assumed senior status on July 1, 1981, and served in that capacity for over four years, until his death.
McNichols suffered a heart attack at his Boise home on Christmas Day in 1985, and died at age 71 at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Boise. He and his wife, Mary Kay Riley McNichols (1914–1991), are buried at Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise.
His younger brother Robert McNichols (1922–1992) was also a federal judge, in Spokane, Washington. During Robert's investiture to the federal bench in January 1980, the elder brother swore the younger in.