Warren Booth Burrows

Warren Booth Burrows (born September 14, 1877 in Poquonock Bridge , New London County , Connecticut , †  December 8, 1952 ) was an American lawyer and politician . After his appointment by President Calvin Coolidge , he served as a federal judge in the federal district court for the district of Connecticut from 1928 to 1930 .

Career

After attending school, Warren Burrows graduated from the University of Michigan Law School , where he received his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1904 . From the following year he practiced as a lawyer in New London . In this city he was appointed deputy public prosecutor in 1906, before becoming the chief public prosecutor in 1917. He held this post until 1927. Burrows served as a Republican MP in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1925 to 1927, and then to the State Senate from 1927 to 1928 .

On February 3, 1928, Burrows was appointed judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut by President Coolidge ; so he took over a previously newly established seat. After confirmation by the US Senate , which took place 13 days later, he was able to take over his office, which he held until his resignation on October 20, 1930. He was succeeded by Carroll C. Hincks . Burrows then successfully applied for the position of Attorney General of Connecticut, which he filled from 1931 to 1935.

Web links

• Warren Booth Burrows in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Warren Booth Burrows in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
• Warren Booth Burrows at The Political Graveyard