Harry Clay Westover

Harry Clay Westover (May 19, 1894 – April 14, 1983) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California .

Contents

• 1 Education and career

• 2 Federal judicial service

• 3 References

• 4 Sources

• 5 External links

Education and career

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Born in Williamstown , Kentucky, Westover received a Bachelor of Laws from the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona in 1918. After graduating from college, he became a 2nd lieutenant in the Central Machine Guns Corps of the United States Army and was stationed at Camp Hancock , Georgia until January 1919.

He later became a member of the California State Senate , and Collector of Internal Revenue for the sixth district of California.

Federal judicial service

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On September 23, 1949, Westover was nominated by President Harry S. Truman to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California created by 63 Stat. 493. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 15, 1949, and received his commission on October 18, 1949. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1965, serving in that capacity until his death on April 14, 1983, in Laguna Hills , California.

References

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1. ↑ "Westover Brothers Win Army Commissions" , _The Tucson Citizen _, Tucson, Arizona, volume XCVI, number 43, October 24, 1918, page 3. (subscription required)
2. ↑ "University News" , The Tucson Citizen, Tucson, Arizona, volume XCVI, number 113, January 14, 1919, page 3. (subscription required)

 [Harry Clay Westover](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1389641)
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_, a publication of the [Federal Judicial Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Judicial_Center "Federal Judicial Center")
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Sources

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• Harry Clay Westover at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

External links

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• Join California Harry C. Westover

• Harry Clay Westover at Find a Grave

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