J. Stanley Webster
| J. Stanley Webster | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington | |
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In office January 16, 1924 – August 15, 1939 |
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| Appointed by | Calvin Coolidge |
| Preceded by | Frank H. Rudkin |
| Succeeded by | Lewis B. Schwellenbach |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 5th district |
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In office March 4, 1919 – May 8, 1923 |
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| Preceded by | Clarence Dill |
| Succeeded by | Samuel B. Hill |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
John Stanley Webster February 22, 1877 Cynthiana, Kentucky |
| Died | December 24, 1962 (aged 85) Spokane, Washington |
| Resting place | Oakesdale Cemetery Oakesdale, Washington |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Gertrude Lathrum (1887–1956) (m. 1908–1956, her death) |
| Residence | W524 Seventh, Spokane |
| Alma mater |
University of Michigan Law School, 1899 |
| Profession | Judge, lawyer |
John Stanley Webster (February 22, 1877 – December 24, 1962) was a congressman from Eastern Washington, a professor of law at Gonzaga University School of Law, a Washington State Supreme Court justice, and a federal judge.
Born in Cynthiana, Kentucky, Webster attended the public schools and Smith's Classical School for Boys. He studied law at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 1897–1899. Webster was admitted to the bar in 1899 in Kentucky and commenced practice in Cynthiana, and was elected as prosecuting attorney of Harrison County in 1902 and served until 1906.
Webster moved west for his health to work a small ranch north of Spokane, Washington, near Colbert, in May 1906. He was elected the chief assistant prosecuting attorney for Spokane County in 1907 and then appointed as a judge of the superior court of Spokane County, serving from 1909 to 1916. He was also a lecturer on criminal and elementary law for the first law classes at Gonzaga University School of Law in Spokane. Webster was easily elected to a six-year term as an associate justice of the state supreme court in Olympia in 1916, and appointed early, November 20 by Governor Ernest Lister, to fill the vacancy. He resigned in May 1918 to run for Congress.
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