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Walter Howard Evans
Walter Howard Evans (1870-1959) was a federal judge on the United States Customs Court.
Evans was nominated to the USCC by President Herbert Hoover. He was confirmed on February 14, 1931. He assumed senior status on May 20, 1941, and served in that capacity until his death on July 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
