Harry Westover

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Southern District of California

Years in office: 1965 - 1983

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Years in office: 1949 - 1965

Education

Law

University of Arizona College of Law, 1918

Personal

Birthplace

Williamstown, KY

Harry Clay Westover (1894-1983) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California.

Westover was nominated by PresidentHarry Truman on September 23, 1949, to a new seat created by 63 Stat. 493; he was confirmed by the Senate on October 15, 1949, and received his commission onOctober 18, 1949. He assumedsenior status onDecember 31, 1965. He served the Southern District of California until his death onApril 14, 1983. Westover was succeeded in this position byWilliam Gray.

Early life and education

• University of Arizona College of Law, LL.B., 1918

Professional career

• U.S. Army
• Member, California State Senate
• Collector of Internal Revenue

Judicial nominations and appointments

Southern District of California

Westover was nominated by PresidentHarry Truman on September 23, 1949, to a new seat created by 63 Stat. 493; he was confirmed by the Senate on October 15, 1949, and received his commission onOctober 18, 1949. He assumedsenior status onDecember 31, 1965.^[1] He served the Southern District of California until his death onApril 14, 1983. Westover was succeeded in this position byWilliam Gray.

External links

• Westover's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California
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Senior judges	Michael Anello  •  Roger Benitez  •  William Hayes  •  Thomas Whelan  •  John Houston (California)  •  Barry Moskowitz  •  Jeffrey Miller  •  James Lorenz  •  Marilyn Huff  •  Anthony J. Battaglia  •  Gonzalo Curiel  •
Magistrate judges	Barbara Major  •  Karen Crawford  •  Bernard Skomal  •  Jill L. Burkhardt  •  Mitchell D. Dembin  •  Michael Berg (federal magistrate judge)  •  Allison Goddard  •  Daniel Butcher (California)  •
Former Article III judges	Erskine Mayo Ross  •  James Marshall Carter  •  Ogden Hoffman  •  James McHall Jones  •  Isaac Stockton Keith Ogier  •  Fletcher Mathews Haight  •  Olin Wellborn  •  Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe  •  Oscar Trippet  •  William James  •  Irma Gonzalez (federal judge)  •  Rudi Brewster  •  Gordon Thompson  •  Larry Burns  •  Napoleon Jones  •  Edward Henning  •  Paul John McCormick  •  John Clifford Wallace  •  George Cosgrave  •  Harry Aaron Hollzer  •  Albert Lee Stephens, Sr.  •  Leon Rene Yankwich  •  Ralph Jenney  •  Campbell Beaumont  •  Albert Lee Stephens, Jr.  •  William Byrne, Sr.  •  Charles Carr  •  Thurmond Clarke  •  Elisha Crary  •  Jesse Curtis  •  William Gray (California)  •  Peirson Hall  •  Andrew Hauk  •  Irving Hill  •  Reuben Brooks  •  Leo Papas  •  Francis Whelan  •  Earl Gilliam  •  Lawrence Irving  •  Judith Keep  •  Fred Kunzel  •  William Mathes  •  Leland Nielsen  •  James O'Connor (California)  •  John Rhoades  •  Edward Schwartz  •  Ernest Tolin  •  Jacob Weinberger  •  Harry Westover  •  Howard Turrentine  •  Benjamin Harrison (Federal Judge)  •
Former Chief judges	James Marshall Carter  •  Irma Gonzalez (federal judge)  •  Gordon Thompson  •  Larry Burns  •  Marilyn Huff  •  Paul John McCormick  •  Leon Rene Yankwich  •  William Byrne, Sr.  •  Thurmond Clarke  •  Peirson Hall  •  Judith Keep  •  Fred Kunzel  •  William Mathes  •  Edward Schwartz  •  Howard Turrentine  •  Benjamin Harrison (Federal Judge)  •

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1951	Dimock •Edelstein •Hartigan •Hartshorne •Leahy •Lindberg •McNamee •Medina •Modarelli •Murphy •Perry •Rives •Sheehy •Sloan •Stewart •Thomas •Tolin •Youngdahl
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