Edwin Yates Webb

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Years in office: 1948 - 1955

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Years in office: 1919 - 1948

Education

Bachelor's

Wake Forest, 1893

Law

University of North Carolina School of Law

Law

University of Virginia School of Law

Personal

Birthplace

Shelby, NC

Edwin Yates Webb (1872-1955) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.^[1]

He was nominated by PresidentWoodrow Wilson on October 30, 1919 to a new seat created by 40 Stat. 1156. He was confirmed by the Senate onNovember 5, 1919, and received commission that same day. OnMarch 1, 1948, he assumedsenior status. He served until his death onFebruary 7, 1955.^[1] Webb was succeeded in this position byDavid Henderson.

Early life and education

• University of Virginia School of Law
• University of North Carolina School of Law
• Wake Forest College, A.B., 1893^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Shelby, North Carolina, 1894-
• Member, North Carolina State Senate, 1901
• U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1903-1919^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Western District of North Carolina

Webb was nominated by PresidentWoodrow Wilson on October 30, 1919 to a new seat created by 40 Stat. 1156. He was confirmed by the Senate onNovember 5, 1919, and received commission that same day. OnMarch 1, 1948, he assumedsenior status. He served until his death onFebruary 7, 1955.^[1] Webb was succeeded in this position byDavid Henderson.

External links

• Biography from the website "Infoplease".
• "Find a Grave" biographical listing
• Biography from theBiographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Biography and papers from theLibrary of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• Judge Webb's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byWoodrow Wilson
1913	Bingham •Brown •Call •Campbell •Dooling •Neterer •Rogers •Sawtelle •Sullivan •Thomas •Woods
1914	Bledsoe •Booth •Clarke •Clayton •Covington •Dickinson •Haight •Hand •McCoy •McReynolds •Siddons •Thomson •Walker •Woolley
1915	Downey •Howe •Lambdin •Trippet • Wade
1916	Alschuler •Brandeis •Davis •Evans •Hay •Hitz •Hough •J. Johnson •T. Johnson •Manton •Stone •West •Woodrough
1917	Adamson •Batts •Ervin •Evans •Jack •C. Johnson •Neblett •Smith •Smyth •Westenhaver
1918	Anderson •Bailey •English •FitzHenry •Garvin •Holmes •Hutcheson •Knox •Manton •McCoy •Williams
1919	Donahue •Faris •Graham •Haight •Lynch •Morris •Page •Peck •Sibley •Watkins •Webb •Weller •Wilson
1920	Bodine •Bryan •Cooper •Davis •Estes •King

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Active judges	Chief Judge: Martin Reidinger  •  Max O. Cogburn, Jr.  •  Kenneth Bell (North Carolina)  •  Matthew Orso  •  Susan Rodriguez
Senior judges	Robert Conrad  •  Graham Mullen  •  Frank Whitney  •  Richard Voorhees  •
Magistrate judges	David Keesler  •  W. Carleton Metcalf  •
Former Article III judges	Robert Paine Dick  •  James Edmund Boyd  •  Hamilton Glover Ewart  •  Lacy Thornburg  •  Edwin Yates Webb  •  James Craven  •  David Ezekiel Henderson (Federal judge)  •  Woodrow Jones  •  Harold Brent McKnight  •  James McMillan  •  Wilson Warlick  •  Robert Potter  •
Former Chief judges	Graham Mullen  •  Richard Voorhees  •  James Craven  •  Woodrow Jones  •  Wilson Warlick  •  Robert Potter  •