Harry Clay Westover Explained

Harry Clay Westover
Office:Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
Term Start:December 31, 1965
Term End:April 14, 1983
Office1:Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
Term Start1:October 18, 1949
Term End1:December 31, 1965
Appointer1:Harry S. Truman
Predecessor1:Seat established by 63 Stat. 493
Successor1:William Percival Gray
State Senate2:California
District2:35th
Term Start2:January 4, 1937
Term End2:January 6, 1941
Preceded2:Nelson T. Edwards
Succeeded2:Thomas Kuchel
Birth Name:Harry Clay Westover
Birth Date:19 May 1894
Birth Place:Williamstown, Kentucky
Death Place:Laguna Hills, California
Party:Democratic
Spouse:Helen Louise Equen Westover
Children:2
Education:James E. Rogers College of Law (LL.B.)
Allegiance: United States
Rank:2nd Lieutenant

Harry Clay Westover (May 19, 1894 – April 14, 1983) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

Education and career

Born in Williamstown, Kentucky, Westover received a Bachelor of Laws from the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona in 1918. After graduating from college, he became a 2nd lieutenant in the Central Machine Guns Corps of the United States Army and was stationed at Camp Hancock, Georgia until January 1919.[1] [2] He later became a member of the California State Senate, and Collector of Internal Revenue for the sixth district of California.

Federal judicial service

On September 23, 1949, Westover was nominated by President Harry S. Truman to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California created by 63 Stat. 493. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 15, 1949, and received his commission on October 18, 1949. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1965, serving in that capacity until his death on April 14, 1983, in Laguna Hills, California.

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/580423307/ "Westover Brothers Win Army Commissions"
  2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/580439724/ "University News"