Scott Wilson
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United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Maine* District of Massachusetts...
from 1929 to 1942.
Early life
Scott Wilson was born on January 11, 1870, in Falmouth, MaineFalmouth, Maine
Falmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 11,185 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area....
. He graduated from Bates College
Bates College
Bates College is a highly selective, private liberal arts college located in Lewiston, Maine, in the United States. and was most recently ranked 21st in the nation in the 2011 US News Best Liberal Arts Colleges rankings. The college was founded in 1855 by abolitionists...
in Maine in 1892 and then studied at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
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. Wilson read the law in 1895 and was engaged in private practice in Portland, Maine
Portland, Maine
Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...
from 1895-1918.
Public service
Wilson was the city solicitor of Deering, Maine in 1899 and assistant attorney of Cumberland County, MaineCumberland County, Maine
Cumberland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of 2010, the population was 281,674. Its county seat is Portland, and is the most populous of the sixteen Maine counties, as well as the most affluent. Cumberland County has the deepest and second largest body of water in the...
from 1900 to 1902. He served as city solicitor of Portland
Portland, Maine
Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...
from 1902 to 1905, and as Attorney General of Maine from 1913 to 1914. Wilson was appointed as an associate justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine and served from 1918 to 1925, when he became Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, serving from 1925 to 1929.
On September 9, 1929, President
President of the United States
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Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was originally a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business...
nominated Wilson for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Maine* District of Massachusetts...
, succeeding Judge Charles Fletcher Johnson
Charles Fletcher Johnson
Charles Fletcher Johnson was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Maine from 1911 until 1917.-Biography:Born in Winslow, Maine, he attended the public schools and the Waterville Classical Institute. He graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1879. He was the principal of the high school of...
. The U.S. Senate confirmed Hoover's appointment on October 2, 1929, and Wilson received his commission on October 2, 1929. Wilson assumed what is now referred to as senior status
Senior status
Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for United States federal judges, and judges in some state court systems. After federal judges have reached a certain combination of age and years of service on the federal courts, they are allowed to assume senior status...
on March 31, 1940 but continued to hear cases until his death in 1942.