Warren Booth Burrows Explained

Warren Booth Burrows
Office:8th Attorney General of Connecticut
Term Start:January 7, 1931
Term End:January 2, 1935
Governor:Wilbur Lucius Cross
Predecessor:Benjamin W. Alling
Successor:Edward J. Daly
Office1:Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
Term Start1:February 16, 1928
Term End1:October 20, 1930
Appointer1:Calvin Coolidge
Predecessor1:Seat established by 44 Stat. 1348
Successor1:Carroll C. Hincks
Office2:Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Term2:1925-1927
Birth Name:Warren Booth Burrows
Birth Date:14 September 1877
Death Place:Poquonock Bridge, Connecticut
Education:University of Michigan Law School (LL.B.)

Warren Booth Burrows (September 14, 1877 – December 8, 1952) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut and the 8th Attorney General of Connecticut.

Education and career

Born in Poquonock Bridge, Connecticut, Burrows received a Bachelor of Laws from University of Michigan Law School in 1904. He was in private practice of law in New London, Connecticut from 1905 to 1906. He was an assistant state's attorney of New London from 1906 to 1916. He was state's attorney of New London from 1917 to 1927. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1925 to 1927 and the Connecticut Senate from 1927 to 1928.

Federal judicial service

Burrows was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge on February 3, 1928, to the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, to a new seat authorized by 44 Stat. 1348. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 16, 1928, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on October 20, 1930, due to his resignation.

Later career and death

Following his resignation from the federal bench, Burrows served as the 8th Attorney General of Connecticut from 1931 to 1935. He died in Poquonock Bridge on December 8, 1952.