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Curtis Dwight Wilbur

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1929

Curtis Dwight Wilbur , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Curtis Dwight Wilbur was an American lawyer, California state judge, 43rd United States Secretary of the Navy and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Education

  • U.S. Naval AcademyB.S., 1888
  • Read law1890

Career

Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1890-; Chief deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County, California, 1899-1903; Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 1903-1918; Justice, Supreme Court of California, 1918-1924; chief justice, 1922-1924; Secretary of the Navy, 1924-1929; Member, Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (now Judicial Conference of the United States), 1931-1944

Biography

Curtis Dwight Wilbur was an American lawyer, California state judge, 43rd United States Secretary of the Navy and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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