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Scott Wilson (judge)

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Scott Wilson
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In office
March 31, 1940 – October 22, 1942
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In office
October 2, 1929 – March 31, 1940
Appointed byHerbert Hoover
Preceded byCharles Fletcher Johnson
Succeeded byPeter Woodbury
Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
In office
March 1, 1925 – October 7, 1929
Appointed byOwen Brewster
Preceded byLeslie C. Cornish
Succeeded byLuere B. Deasy
Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
In office
August 17, 1918 – March 1, 1925
Appointed byCarl Milliken
Attorney General of Maine
In office
1913–1914
GovernorWilliam T. Haines
Preceded byWilliam Robinson Pattangall
Succeeded byWilliam Robinson Pattangall
Personal details
Born(1870-01-11)January 11, 1870
Falmouth, Maine
DiedOctober 22, 1942(1942-10-22) (aged 72)
Portland, Maine
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania
Bates College (AB)
read law

Scott Wilson (January 11, 1870 – October 22, 1942) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Education and career

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Born on January 11, 1870, in Falmouth, Maine, Wilson attended the University of Pennsylvania and then received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1892 from Bates College. He read law in 1895,[1] under the supervision of Joseph W. Symonds,[2] and entered private practice in Portland, Maine from 1895 to 1918. He was city solicitor of Deering, Maine in 1899. He was an assistant county attorney of Cumberland County, Maine from 1900 to 1902. He was city solicitor of Portland from 1902 to 1905. He was the Attorney General of Maine from 1913 to 1914. He was a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from 1918 to 1929, serving as chief justice from 1925 to 1929.[1]

Federal judicial service

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Wilson was nominated by President Herbert Hoover on September 9, 1929, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit vacated by Judge Charles Fletcher Johnson. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 2, 1929, and received his commission the same day. He was a member of the Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (now the Judicial Conference of the United States) in 1939. He assumed senior status on March 31, 1940. His service terminated on October 22, 1942, due to his death in Portland.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Scott Wilson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  2. ^ "The Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine, 1820 to 2009". Nathan & Henry B. Cleaves Law Library. Retrieved December 22, 2019.

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Preceded by Attorney General of Maine
1913–1914
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
1925–1929
Succeeded by
Preceded by Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
1929–1940
Succeeded by