Randolph Weatherbee
Randolph Adams Weatherbee[1] (December 9, 1907 – May 20, 1976)[2] was an American lawyer and judge who served as the 80th Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Court from December 21, 1966 until his death on May 20, 1976.[3][4][5]
Biography
[edit]Born in Portland, Weatherbee graduated from Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine with a Bachelor of Arts in 1932,[2][6] and received his J.D. from Cornell Law School,[2] gaining admission to the bar in Maine in 1937.[7] A Republican, he served three terms in the Maine House of Representatives, where he chaired the judiciary committee,[7] and "championed a state lottery bill and he won passage of a measure which reformed professional boxing" in the state.[2] In 1940, he was elected county attorney for Penobscot County, Maine,[2] an din 1943 he declared his candidacy for the office of judge of probate for the county.[7]
In 1966, Governor John H. Reed elevated Weatherbee to a seat on the state supreme court vacated by the resignation of Abraham M. Rudman.[2] Weatherbee was reappointed in 1973.[2]
Weatherbee and his wife, Barbara, had one son and one daughter.[2]
Weatherbee died in a Bangor, Maine, hospital following a heart attack at the age of 68.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Rep. Weatherbee to Address Rotary Club Luncheon". Kennebec Journal. March 20, 1935.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Justice Weatherbee Dies at 68", The Lewiston Daily Sun (May 21, 1976), p. 2.
- ↑ "Maine Supreme Court Chief and Associate Justices | Maine State Legislature". legislature.maine.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ↑ "State of Maine (via Public) / Judge Powers Sworn in as Active Retired District Court Judge". www.publicnow.com. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ↑ "The Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine, 1820 to 2009". Nathan & Henry B. Cleaves Law Library. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
- ↑ "Bates College alumni".
- 1 2 3 "Weatherbee a Candidate for Judge of Probate", The Bangor Daily News (November 24, 1943), p. 9.
- 1907 births
- 1976 deaths
- People from Portland, Maine
- Bates College alumni
- Cornell Law School alumni
- Members of the Maine House of Representatives
- Justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
- 20th-century Maine state court judges
- 20th-century American lawyers
- Maine Republicans
- 20th-century members of the Maine Legislature