Clinton Woodbury Howard

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Western District of Washington

Year left office: 1913

Education

Bachelor's

Griswold College, 1885

Law

University of Michigan, 1887

Personal

Birthplace

Lima, OH

Clinton Woodbury Howard (1864-1937) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Washington.

He received a recess appointment from PresidentWilliam Howard Taft on August 26, 1912 to fill a seat vacated byCornelius Holgate Hanford.^[1] On December 3, 1912, he was nominated. The Senate, however, did not confirm this nomination, so his service ended on March 3, 1913. Howard was succeeded in this position byJeremiah Neterer. Howard died on February 23, 1937.

Early life and education

• Griswold College, B.S., 1885
• University of Michigan, LL.B., 1887

Professional career

• Private practice, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, 1887-1889
• Private practice, Bellingham, Washington, 1889-
• City attorney, Fairhaven, Washington, 1891-1892
• Assistant county attorney, Whatcom County, Washington, 1892-1893

Judicial nominations and appointments

Western District of Washington

Howard received a recess appointment from PresidentWilliam Howard Taft on August 26, 1912 to fill a seat vacated byCornelius Holgate Hanford. On December 3, 1912, he was nominated. The Senate, however, did not confirm this nomination, so his service ended on March 3, 1913. Howard was succeeded in this position byJeremiah Neterer.

External links

• Howard's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byWilliam Howard Taft
1909	Bean •Carpenter •Connor •Donworth •Grubb •Hand •Hundley •Lanning •Lurton •Orr •Purdy •Rellstab •Warrington •Willard
1910	Archbald •Barber •Carland •Cooper •Denison •De Vries •Hollister •Hughes •Hunt •Killits •Knapp •Knappen •Lamar •Mack •Montgomery •Rasch •Rose •Russell •Smith •Van Devanter •Van Valkenburgh •White
1911	Angell •Day •Denison •Elliott •Martin •Rudkin •Schofield •Sessions •H. Smith •W. Smith •Veeder •Whitmer • Youmans
1912	Bourquin •Cheney •Cushman •Dodge •Geiger •Howard •Mayer •McPherson •Morton •Pitney •Pope •Sloan •Thompson •Tuttle •

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Washington
Active judges	Chief Judge: David G. Estudillo  •  John Chun  •  Tana Lin  •  Lauren King  •  Tiffany Cartwright  •  Kymberly Evanson  •  Jamal Whitehead
Senior judges	Robert Lasnik  •  Robert Bryan  •  John Coughenour  •  Carolyn Dimmick  •  Richard Jones (Washington)  •  Thomas Zilly  •  Ben Settle  •  Barbara Rothstein  •  James Robart  •  Ricardo Martinez (Washington)  •  Marsha Pechman  •
Magistrate judges	Brian Tsuchida  •  David Christel  •  Richard Creatura  •  Paula McCandlis  •  Theresa Fricke  •  Michelle Peterson  •  S. Kate Vaughan  •
Former Article III judges	Ronald Leighton  •  Cornelius Holgate Hanford  •  Edward Cushman  •  George Donworth  •  Clinton Woodbury Howard  •  Jeremiah Neterer  •  Franklin Burgess  •  Walter McGovern  •  John Clyde Bowen  •  Lloyd Black  •  William Goodwin  •  William Lindberg  •  Jack Tanner  •  William Beeks  •  George Boldt  •  William Dwyer (Washington)  •  Charles Leavy  •  Morell Sharp  •  Donald Voorhees  •  Monica Benton  •
Former Chief judges	Robert Lasnik  •  John Coughenour  •  Carolyn Dimmick  •  Ricardo Martinez (Washington)  •  Walter McGovern  •  John Clyde Bowen  •  William Goodwin  •  William Lindberg  •  William Beeks  •  George Boldt  •