J. Stanley Webster | |
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.jpg) From campaign advertisement printed in October 6, 1922Leavenworth Echo (Leavenworth, WA). | |
| Senior Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington | |
| In office August 31, 1939 – December 24, 1962 | |
| Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington | |
| In office April 28, 1923 – August 31, 1939 | |
| Appointed by | Warren G. Harding (recess) Calvin Coolidge (commission) |
| Preceded by | Frank H. Rudkin |
| Succeeded by | Lewis B. Schwellenbach |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromWashington's5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1919 – May 8, 1923 | |
| Preceded by | Clarence Dill |
| Succeeded by | Samuel B. Hill |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Stanley Webster (1877-02-22)February 22, 1877 |
| Died | December 24, 1962(1962-12-24) (aged 85) |
| Resting place | Oakesdale Cemetery Oakesdale,Washington |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence(s) | Spokane,Washington |
| Education | University of Michigan Law School |
John Stanley Webster (February 22, 1877 – December 24, 1962) was a justice of theWashington Supreme Court, aUnited States representative fromWashington and aUnited States district judge of theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.
Born on February 22, 1877, inCynthiana,Harrison County,Kentucky, Webster attended the public schools and Smith's Classical School for Boys. He attended theUniversity of Michigan Law School. He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Cynthiana from 1899 to 1906. He was prosecutor for Harrison County from 1902 to 1906. He moved west for his health to work a small ranch nearColbert,[1]Washington, just north ofSpokane, Washington in May 1906.[2] He was chief assistant prosecutor for Spokane from 1907 to 1909. He was a Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Washington forSpokane County from 1909 to 1916. He was a lecturer on criminal and elementary law atGonzaga University in Spokane. Webster was easily elected to a six-year term as an associate justice of theWashington Supreme Court inOlympia in 1916, and appointed early, November 20 by GovernorErnest Lister, to fill the vacancy. He resigned in May 1918 to run forUnited States Congress.[2][3]
Webster was elected as aRepublican fromWashington's 5th congressional district to theUnited States House of Representatives of the66th,67th and68th United States Congresses and served from March 4, 1919, to May 8, 1923, when he resigned to accept a federal judgeship.[4]
Webster received arecess appointment from PresidentWarren G. Harding on April 28, 1923, to a seat on theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington vacated by JudgeFrank H. Rudkin.[5] He was nominated to the same position by PresidentCalvin Coolidge on December 15, 1923.[5] He was confirmed by theUnited States Senate on January 16, 1924, and received his commission the same day.[6][7] He assumedsenior status due to a certified disability on August 31, 1939.[8][9][10] His service terminated on December 24, 1962, due to his death in Spokane, where he resided. His remains were cremated and interred in Oakesdale Cemetery inOakesdale, Washington, his wife's hometown inWhitman County, where her father John Lathrum (1853–1902)[11] had beensheriff.[12] Mary Gertrude (Lathrum) Webster (1887–1956),[13] his wife of 48 years,[1] had died six years earlier.[14] His older brother, Richard M. Webster (1869–1953), moved to eastern Washington in 1904 and also served as a judge in Spokane.[14][15][16]
Webster briefly served as the president of theWestern International League (WIL) inminor league baseball,[17][18][19] a predecessor of theNorthwest League, and resigned in February 1941.[20][21]
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| Preceded by | Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington 1923–1939 | Succeeded by |
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