Walter Howard Evans

Prior offices:

United States Customs Court

Years in office: 1931 - 1941

Personal

Birthplace

New Middletown, IN

Walter Howard Evans (1870-1959) was afederal judge on theUnited States Customs Court.

Evans was nominated to the USCC by PresidentHerbert Hoover. He was confirmed onFebruary 14, 1931. He assumedsenior status onMay 20, 1941, and served in that capacity until his death onJuly 12, 1959.^[1]

Education

• Valparaiso University, B.S., 1899
• University of Oregon Law School, LL.B., 1905

Professional career

• Clerk, U.S. Army, Quartermaster Department, 1898-1905
• Assistant U.S. attorney, Oregon District, 1908-1912
• State district attorney, Fourth Judicial District, Oregon, 1912-1921
• Circuit court judge, Fourth Judicial District, Oregon, 1921-1931

Footnotes

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Former judges

Adamson •Alger •Beckworth •Boe •Brown •Chamberlain •Cline •Cole •Cooper •Dallinger •De Vries •Ekwall •Evans •Fischer •Ford •Ham •Hay •Howell •Jewell •Johnson •Keefe •Kincheloe •Landis •Lawrence •Lunt •Maletz •McClelland •Mollison •Newman •Nichols •Oliver •Rao •Re •Richardson •Rosenstein •Sharpe •Sharretts •Shurtleff •Somerville •Stackpole •Sullivan •Tichenor •Tilson •Waite •Walker •Watson •Weller •Wilkinson •Wilson •Young

v • e Federal judges nominated byHerbert Hoover
1929	Avis •Byers •Caffey •Coxe, Jr. •Galston •Gardner •Glenn •Hopkins •Lenroot •Littleton •McDermott •Phillips •Sparks •Watson •Wheat •Wilbur •Wilson •Williams •Woolsey •Wyman
1930	Adkins •Bryant •Cosgrave •Cox •Hincks •Hughes •Hutcheson •Luhring •Nields •Patterson •Roberts •Sibley •Thompson •Whaley •Wheat
1931	Barnes •Chesnut •Evans •Fee •Groner •Hincks •Hitz •Hollzer •Kennamer •Kennerly •Kincheloe •Knight •Letts •McMillan •Morton •Nordbye •O'Brien •O'Donoghue •Paul, Jr. •Proctor •Sames •Sanborn •Sawtelle •Soper •Strum •Underwood • Way
1932	Briggle •Cardozo •Dallinger •Forman •Johnson •Joyce •McLellan •Simons •Welsh