Wilson W. Hoover
| William Ward Hoover | |
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| Associate Justice, Arizona Territorial Supreme Court | |
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In office September 2, 1882 – March 23, 1883 |
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| Nominated by | Chester A. Arthur |
| Preceded by | William Henry Stilwell |
| Succeeded by | A. W. Sheldon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1849 Iowa |
| Died | February 22, 1926 New York City |
| Political party | Republican |
| Profession | Attorney |
Wilson Ward Hoover (c. 1849 – February 22, 1926) was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice on the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court from 1882 till 1883. He was suspended from office after a court clerk who had lost his job when Hoover came onto the bench began a campaign to remove the new justice.
Hoover was born to Elizabeth (Morrison) and David Hoover in Iowa during 1849. Details of his early life have been lost. Hoover was admitted to the California bar on January 14, 1873. He lived for a time in San Jose, California before moving to Gilroy, California in early 1874. 1880 census records show he was working as a lawyer. Hoover and his wife, Mary, had a son, Floyd, on April 3, 1874. The boy died before reaching two months of age. The couple had a second son, Harold.
President Chester A. Arthur nominated Hoover to replace William Henry Stilwell as an Associate Justice on the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court on July 20, 1882.Senate confirmation came on August 7 and Hoover arrived in Tucson, Arizona to take the oath of office on September 2. As Hoover had been in Washington during the confirmation process he returned to California to settle some personal matters, returning to the territory to begin a district court session on September 25, 1882. At the end of the session he reported to the United States Attorney General that he had tried 23 civil cases and reached a final verdict in 44 criminal trials.
During his confirmation hearings, Hoover had provided testimony in prosecutions related to the Star route scandal. As a favor to the Justice Department, he returned to Washington D.C. in mid-November 1882 to provide additional testimony. Hoover arrived in Prescott, Arizona Territory on January 4, 1883 for the session of the supreme court that had begun three days earlier. The session adjourned on January 8 before reconvening in Tucson on February 23 and ending on March 6, 1883. No opinions written by Hoover from the session survive, but the territorial press were impressed by his demeanor and legal ability.
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