Clinton Woodbury Howard
Clinton Woodbury Howard (July 25, 1864 – February 23, 1937) was a United States federal judge.
Born in Lima, Ohio, Howard received a B.S. from Griswold College in 1885 and an LL.B. from the University of Michigan in 1887. He was in private practice in Mount Pleasant, Iowa from 1887 to 1889, and after that in Bellingham, Washington. He was a city attorney of Fairhaven, Washington from 1891 to 1892, and an assistant county attorney of Whatcom County, Washington from 1892 to 1893.
On August 26, 1912, Howard received a recess appointment from President William H. Taft to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington vacated by Cornelius H. Hanford. Formally nominated on December 3, 1912, Howard's nomination was not confirmed by the United States Senate, and his service was terminated on March 3, 1913.
References
- Clinton Woodbury Howard at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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