John Stanley Webster (February 22, 1877 – December 24, 1962) was a justice of the Washington Supreme Court, a United States representative from Washington and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.
John Stanley Webster
Washington Eastern District Court
Born 1877 in Cynthiana, KY
Died 1962 in Spokane, WA
FJC ID: 2530
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 8/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 22/year
Washington Eastern District Court · 1924–1962
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
- U.S. representative from Washington1919–1923
- Supreme Court of the State of WashingtonJustice · 1916–1918
- Superior Court of the State of WashingtonJudge · 1909–1916
- Spokane, WashingtonChief assistant prosecutor · 1907–1909
- Private practice, Cynthiana, Kentucky1899–1906
- Harrison County, KentuckyProsecutor · 1902–1906
Appointments
1924–1962 · Appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)Term ended: Death
