John Clyde Bowen

John Clyde Bowen (born May 12, 1888 in Newbern , Dyer County , Tennessee , †  April 27, 1978 ) was an American lawyer and politician . After his appointment by President Franklin D. Roosevelt , he served as a federal judge in the federal district court for the western district of Washington from 1934 to 1961 .

Career

After graduating from school, John Bowen first attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville , where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1913 . This was followed in 1916 with a Bachelor of Laws at Harvard Law School . From 1917 to 1918 he served in a field artillery regiment in the US Army and achieved the rank of lieutenant . After retiring from the military, he practiced as a lawyer in Seattle from 1919 . In 1931 he was a Democrat in the Washington Senate . In 1933, Clarence D. Martin , the governor of Washington , appointed him to his staff as legal advisor. He also served as a tax collector for the Internal Revenue Service from 1933 to 1934, with responsibility for Washington State and the Alaska Territory .

On February 22, 1934, Bowen was appointed by President Roosevelt to succeed Jeremiah Neterer as a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington . Confirmation by the United States Senate came six days later, after which he took up his judge's office on March 20. Between 1948 and 1959 he presided over this federal court as Chief Judge . John Bowen held his office until June 5, 1961, when he moved to senior status and thus effectively retired. He was succeeded by William Trulock Beeks . He died on April 27, 1978 and was buried in Lake Forest Park .

Web links

• John Clyde Bowen in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• John Clyde Bowen in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
• John Clyde Bowen at The Political Graveyard