▁Id aho ▁before ▁att ending ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Id aho ▁College ▁of ▁Law ▁for ▁two ▁years . ▁ ▁Mc F ad den ▁then ▁became ▁a ▁court ▁rep orter ▁for ▁judge ▁Dor an ▁S ut phen ▁of ▁the ▁Id aho ▁ 4 th ▁Jud icial ▁District , ▁in ▁Good ing , ▁Id aho , ▁under ▁whom ▁Mc F ad den ▁continued ▁his ▁legal ▁studies , ▁gain ing ▁ad mission ▁to ▁the ▁bar ▁in ▁Id aho ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 0 . ▁He ▁then ▁entered ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁law ▁in ▁Ha iley , ▁leaving ▁for ▁two ▁years ▁to ▁serve ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁military ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁from ▁ 1 9 4 4 ▁to ▁ 1 9 4 6 . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁war , ▁Mc F ad den ▁returned ▁to ▁Ha iley , ▁and ▁the ▁following ▁year , ▁after ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁his ▁father , ▁was ▁elected ▁to ▁the ▁position ▁his ▁father ▁had ▁held ▁of ▁Bla ine ▁County ▁pro sec utor . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 9 , ▁Governor ▁Robert ▁E . ▁S my lie ▁appointed ▁Mc F ad den ▁to ▁the ▁seat ▁on ▁the ▁Id aho ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁vac ated ▁by ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Chief ▁Justice ▁James ▁W . ▁Por ter . ▁Mc F ad den ▁was ▁re - elect ed ▁to ▁the ▁court ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁and ▁again ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁and ▁res igned ▁from ▁the ▁court ▁on ▁August ▁ 3 1 ,