J. Stanley Webster

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J. Stanley Webster

John Stanley Webster (born February 22, 1877 in Cynthiana , Kentucky , †  December 24, 1962 in Spokane , Washington ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1919 and 1923 he represented the state of Washington in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Stanley Webster attended public schools in his home country and then Smith's Classical School for Boys . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and his admission to the bar in 1899, he began to work in Cynthiana in his new profession. Between 1902 and 1906 Webster was a District Attorney in Harrison County . In 1906 he moved to Spokane, Washington state. There he worked from 1907 to 1909 as the assistant district attorney in Spokane County . Between 1909 and 1916 he was a judge at the high court in that district. He has also given legal lectures at Gonzaga University in Spokane. From 1916 to 1918, Webster was a judge on the Washington Supreme Court .

Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1918 congressional election , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of his state , where he succeeded Democrat Clarence Dill on March 4, 1919 . After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on May 8, 1923 . During this time, the 18th and 19th amendments to the constitution were passed there. It was about the ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage .

Webster's resignation as a congressman was due to his appointment as a judge on the federal district court for the eastern district of Washington. He held this office between 1923 and August 31, 1939. On that day he resigned for health reasons. In the following years he lived in retirement in Spokane. He died there on December 24, 1962.

Web links

  • J. Stanley Webster in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)