DuVal West explained

DuVal West
Office:Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
Term Start:November 30, 1931
Term End:May 13, 1949
Office1:Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
Term Start1:December 21, 1916
Term End1:November 30, 1931
Appointer1:Woodrow Wilson
Predecessor1:Thomas Sheldon Maxey
Successor1:Robert Johnston McMillan
Birth Name:DuVal West
Birth Date:13 November 1861
Birth Place:Austin, Texas
Death Place:San Antonio, Texas
Parents:Charles S. West
Florence Duval West
Education:TMI Episcopal
Cumberland School of Law (LL.B.)

DuVal West (November 13, 1861 – May 13, 1949) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Education and career

Born in Austin, Texas, West attended the West Texas Military Academy (later the Texas Military Institute, now TMI Episcopal) and received a Bachelor of Laws from Cumberland School of Law (then part of Cumberland University, now part of Samford University) in 1890. He was a deputy clerk for the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas from 1884 to 1885. He was chief deputy marshal for the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas from 1886 to 1888. He was in private practice in San Antonio, Texas from 1890 to 1916. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Western District of Texas from 1893 to 1897. He was in the First Texas Volunteer Infantry in 1898. He was personal representative of President Wilson in Mexico in 1915.

Federal judicial service

West was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on December 19, 1916, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas vacated by Judge Thomas Sheldon Maxey. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 21, 1916, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on November 30, 1931. West served in that capacity until his death on May 13, 1949, in San Antonio.