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Curtis Dwight Wilbur

Former judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Curtis Dwight Wilbur served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Appointed by Herbert Hoover and confirmed May 2, 1929.

Appointed by
Herbert Hoover
Confirmed
May 2, 1929
Born
1867

Appointments

  • Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitHerbert Hoover · May 2, 1929 – Sep 8, 1954

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

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From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.

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