Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr. | |
Office: | Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming |
Term Start: | September 27, 2006 |
Term End: | October 23, 2014 |
Office1: | Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming |
Term Start1: | 1986 |
Term End1: | 1992 |
Predecessor1: | Office established |
Successor1: | Alan Bond Johnson |
Office2: | Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming |
Term Start2: | September 16, 1975 |
Term End2: | September 27, 2006 |
Appointer2: | Gerald Ford |
Predecessor2: | Ewing Thomas Kerr |
Successor2: | Nancy D. Freudenthal |
Office3: | United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming |
President3: | Gerald Ford |
Term Start3: | 1974 |
Term End3: | 1975 |
Predecessor3: | Richard V. Thomas |
Successor3: | James P. Castburg |
Office4: | 23rd Attorney General of Wyoming |
Term Start4: | 1971 |
Term End4: | 1974 |
Governor4: | Stanley K. Hathaway |
Predecessor4: | James E. Barrett |
Successor4: | David B. Kennedy |
Office5: | Chairman of the Wyoming Republican Party |
Term Start5: | 1967 |
Term End5: | 1971 |
Birth Name: | Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr. |
Birth Date: | 11 July 1922 |
Birth Place: | Rawlins, Wyoming, U.S. |
Death Place: | Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
Children: | Philip A. Brimmer |
Education: | University of Michigan (BA) University of Michigan Law School (JD) |
Allegiance: | United States |
Serviceyears: | 1942–1946 |
Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr. (July 11, 1922 – October 23, 2014) was an American judge. He served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming.[1]
Born in Rawlins, Wyoming, Brimmer was the son of Geraldine Zingsheim and Clarence Addison Brimmer Sr.[2] He attended Rawlins High School and the University of Michigan, where he served as an editor for The Michigan Daily. He also attended the University of Michigan Law School, where he earned his Juris Doctor degree.
Brimmer served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II.
He served as a chairperson of the Wyoming Republican Party from 1967 to 1971. After stepping down as chairperson, Brimmer was nominated by the 27th Governor of Wyoming, Stanley K. Hathaway, to serve as the attorney general for Wyoming. He succeeded James E. Barrett and served until 1974, when he was succeeded by David B. Kennedy. He then was nominated by Gerald Ford to serve as the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming until 1975.
Brimmer served as a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming, succeeding Ewing Thomas Kerr. He was succeeded by Nancy D. Freudenthal in 2006. Brimmer served as the senior judge for the district.[3] [4]
Brimmer died in October 2014 at the Boulder Community Hospital in Boulder, Colorado, at the age of 92.