Ernest Richard Webber, Jr. (born 1942) is a United States federal judge

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Webber was born in Kahoka, Missouri

Kahoka, Missouri

Kahoka is a city in Clark County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,241 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Clark County. The city was founded in 1857 and is named for the Cahokia tribe of the Illiniwek or Illinois Confederacy....

. He received a B.S. from University of Missouri

University of Missouri

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 (Columbia) in 1964, and a J.D.

Juris Doctor

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 from that university's law school in 1967. He moved to Memphis, Missouri

Memphis, Missouri

Memphis is a city in Scotland County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,822 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Scotland County. Memphis is located southeast of Pulaski, Iowa, north of Baring, east of Lancaster, and west of Kahoka....

, and served as a prosecuting attorney for several counties in Missouri: for Schuyler County from 1967 to 1975, for Scotland County from 1969 to 1971, and for Putnam County in 1968. He was also a circuit court judge for the first Judicial Circuit of Missouri from 1979 to 1996.

Webber was a federal judge to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

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. Webber was nominated by President Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

 on August 10, 1995, to a seat vacated by Edward L. Filippine. He was confirmed by the United States Senate

United States Senate

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 on December 22, 1995, and received his commission on December 26.

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