Edward Whitson

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Years in office: 1905 - 1910

Education

Law

Read law, 1879

Personal

Birthplace

Oregon

Edward Whitson (1852-1910) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.

He was nominated by PresidentTheodore Roosevelt on March 10, 1905 to fill a seat created by 33 Stat. 824. He was confirmed by the Senate onMarch 14th, and received commission that same day. He served until his death onOctober 15, 1910. Whitson was succeeded in this position byFrank Rudkin.

Early life and education

• Read law, 1879

Professional career

• Auditor, Yakima County, Washington, 1875-1876
• Member, Washington Territorial Legislature, 1877-1878
• Mayor, North Yakima, WA, 1886-1888
• Private practice

Judicial nominations and appointments

Eastern District of Washington

Whitson was nominated by PresidentTheodore Roosevelt on March 10, 1905 to fill a seat created by 33 Stat. 824.^[1] He was confirmed by the Senate onMarch 14th, and received commission that same day. He served until his death onOctober 15, 1910. Whitson was succeeded in this position byFrank Rudkin.

External links

• Whitson's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byTheodore Roosevelt
1901	Baker •Jones •McDowell
1902	Anderson •Burns •Coxe •Gould •Hale •Holmes •Platt •Ray •Townsend •Waite
1903	Clabaugh •Day •Hay •Holt •Hook •McClelland •Morris •Pollock •Pritchard •Richards •Van Devanter •Daniel Wright • Francis Wright
1904	Duell •Holland •Hunt •Lanning •Reed •Shepard •Stafford
1905	Adams •Atkinson •Barney •Bethea •Booth •Cross •Dayton •Dodge •Finkelnburg •Kohlsaat •Landis •Lowell •McCall •McComas •Quarles •Sanborn •Seaman •Tayler •Whitson •Wolverton •Wright
1906	Buffington •Chatfield •Ewing •Farrington •Hough •Knappen •Lewis •Martin •Moody •Peelle •Robb
1907	Campbell •Cotteral •Dietrich •Dyer •Hundley •Munger •NoyesSaunders •Sheppard •Van Fleet •Van Orsdel •Ward
1908	Chamberlain •Purdy •Sanford •Sater •Young
1909	Foster

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
Active judges	Chief Judge: Stanley Bastian  •  Thomas Rice  •  Mary Dimke  •  Rebecca Pennell
Senior judges	Robert Whaley  •  William Nielsen  •  Edward Shea  •  Lonny Suko  •  Rosanna Peterson  •
Magistrate judges	James Goeke  •
Former Article III judges	Edward Whitson  •  Frank Rudkin  •  John Stanley Webster  •  Justin Quackenbush  •  Frederick Van Sickle  •  Lloyd Black  •  Samuel Driver  •  William Goodwin  •  William Lindberg  •  Alan McDonald  •  Robert McNichols  •  Marshall Neill  •  Charles Powell  •  Lewis Schwellenbach  •  Jack Tanner  •  Sal Mendoza, Jr. (Washington)  •
Former Chief judges	Robert Whaley  •  Justin Quackenbush  •  William Nielsen  •  Frederick Van Sickle  •  Lonny Suko  •  Samuel Driver  •  William Goodwin  •  Robert McNichols  •  Marshall Neill  •  Charles Powell  •  Rosanna Peterson  •  Thomas Rice  •