Raymond Wesley Starr

Raymond Wesley Starr (August 24, 1888 – November 2, 1968) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

Raymond Wesley Starr
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
In office
August 15, 1961 – November 2, 1968
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
In office
1954–1961
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byW. Wallace Kent
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
In office
July 25, 1946 – August 15, 1961
Appointed byHarry S. Truman
Preceded byFred Morton Raymond
Succeeded byNoel Peter Fox
Attorney General of Michigan
In office
1937–1938
GovernorFrank Murphy
Preceded byDavid H. Crowley
Succeeded byThomas Read
Personal details
Born
Raymond Wesley Starr

(1888-08-24)August 24, 1888
Harbor Springs, Michigan
DiedNovember 2, 1968(1968-11-02) (aged 80)
EducationUniversity of Michigan Law School (LL.B.)

Education and career

Born in Harbor Springs, Michigan, Starr received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Michigan Law School in 1910. He was in private practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1910 to 1937, and was then Attorney General of Michigan from 1937 to 1938, thereafter returning to private practice until 1941. He was a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1941 to 1946.[1]

Federal judicial service
Judicial portrait of Starr, 1983, by Roy C. Gamble.

On July 3, 1946, Starr was nominated by President Harry S. Truman to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan vacated by Judge Fred Morton Raymond. Starr was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 23, 1946, and received his commission on July 25, 1946. He served as Chief Judge from 1954 to 1961, assuming senior status on August 15, 1961. Starr served in that capacity until his death on November 2, 1968.[1]

References
  1. Raymond Wesley Starr at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Sources
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.