Homer Truett Bone (January 25, 1883 – March 11, 1970) was an American attorney and politician in Washington state, where he settled in Tacoma as a youth with his family from Indiana. He ran as a candidate for a variety of parties and was elected to the State House. In 1932, he was elected as a Democrat as United States Senator from Washington, and re-elected to a second term.
Homer Truett Bone
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1883 in Franklin, IN
Died 1970 in Tacoma, WA
FJC ID: 208
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 12/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 172/year
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1944–1970
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, San Francisco, California1956–1968
- U.S. senator from Washington1933–1944
- Private practice, Tacoma, Washington1911–1932
- Port of Tacoma, WashingtonCorporation counsel · 1918–1932
- WashingtonState representative · 1923–1924
- Pierce County, WashingtonSpecial deputy prosecutor · 1912
Appointments
1944–1970 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Tacoma Law School1911