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Wesley Ernest Brown
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas · 1962
Wesley Ernest Brown , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. Wesley Ernest Brown (June 22, 1907 – January 23, 2012) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. At his death at age 104, he was the oldest person to serve as a federal judge in the history of the United States, actively hearing cases until approximately one month before his death.
Education
- Kansas City School of Law (now University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law)LL.B., 1933
Career
Private practice, Hutchinson, Kansas, 1933-1944, 1946-1958; County attorney, Reno County, Kansas, 1935-1939; Secretary of corporation/attorney, Aircraft Woodwork Manufacturers, 1942-1944; U.S. Navy lieutenant, 1944-1946; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1976-1979
Biography
Wesley Ernest Brown (June 22, 1907 – January 23, 2012) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. At his death at age 104, he was the oldest person to serve as a federal judge in the history of the United States, actively hearing cases until approximately one month before his death.
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