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===Federal judicial service===
===Federal judicial service===
Dalton was nominated to his judgeship by President Eisenhower. He served as Chief Judge from 1960 to 197, when he assumed senior status on October 12, 1976.<ref name="auto"/> President [[Gerald Ford]] nominated Glen Morgan Williams (1920-2012) as Dalton's successor, after Republican U.S. Senator [[William L. Scott|William Lloyd Scott]] derailed the nomination of the President's first choice.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/pickingfederalju00gold|author=Sheldon Goldman|title=''Picking Federal Judges: Lower Court Selection from Roosevelt through Reagan''|publisher = [[Yale University]] Press (accessed via Google Books)|year = 1997|isbn = 0-300-08073-5|accessdate=November 2, 2021}}</ref> Dalton's service ended upon his death in Radford at the age of eighty-eight.<ref name=bio/>
Dalton was nominated to his judgeship by President Eisenhower. He served as Chief Judge from 1960 to 197, when he assumed senior status on October 12, 1976. President [[Gerald Ford]] nominated Glen Morgan Williams (1920-2012) as Dalton's successor, after Republican U.S. Senator [[William L. Scott|William Lloyd Scott]] derailed the nomination of the President's first choice.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/pickingfederalju00gold|author=Sheldon Goldman|title=''Picking Federal Judges: Lower Court Selection from Roosevelt through Reagan''|publisher = [[Yale University]] Press (accessed via Google Books)|year = 1997|isbn = 0-300-08073-5|accessdate=November 2, 2021}}</ref> Dalton's service ended upon his death in Radford at the age of eighty-eight.<ref name=bio/>
As a federal judge, Dalton presided over litigation that continued into the 1970s to implement the ''Brown'' decision in Virginia's public schools. Dalton, for instance ordered the desegregation plan for the public schools in Roanoke,
As a federal judge, Dalton presided over litigation that continued into the 1970s to implement the ''Brown'' decision in Virginia's public schools. Dalton, for instance ordered the desegregation plan for the public schools in Roanoke,