Albert Alphonso Ridge (October 31, 1898 – March 2, 1967) was a United States federal judge.Born in Nevada, Missouri, Ridge was in the United States Army from 1917 to 1919 and was a deputy clerk of Jackson County, Missouri from 1919 to 1921 before reading law to enter the bar in 1923. He was in private practice in Missouri from 1925 to 1934, and was a judge on the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri from 1935 to 1945. On March 12, 1945, Ridge was nominated by President Franklin D.