Wallace McCamant
American judge
Died when: 77 years 86 days (926 months)Star Sign: Libra
Wallace McCamant (September 22, 1867 – December 17, 1944) was an American jurist in Oregon.A Pennsylvania native, he served as the 46th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1917 to 1918.
Later he served briefly as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
As a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1920, McCamant surprised the GOP leadership by placing the name of Calvin Coolidge into nomination for Vice-President.
Coolidge would become the 30th President of the United States upon the death of President Harding in 1923.
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