Samuel Marion Driver (May 22, 1892 – September 12, 1958) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.
Samuel Marion Driver
Washington Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
Born 1892 in Wamic, OR
Died 1958 in Woodland, CA
FJC ID: 648
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 33/year
Washington Supreme Court · 1940–1946Washington Eastern District Court · 1946–1958
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
- Supreme Court of the State of WashingtonJustice · 1940–1946
JAG DepartmentU.S. Army colonel · 1942–1946
U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Washington1937–1940- Private practice, Wenatchee, Washington1927–1937
- Chelan County, WashingtonProsecutor · 1935–1937
- Chelan County, WashingtonDeputy prosecutor · 1926–1927
- U.S. Rep. Sam B. Hill of WashingtonSecretary · 1923–1926
- Private practice, Waterville, Washington1916–1923
- Douglas County, WashingtonProsecutor · 1922–1923
- Ninety-First DivisionU.S. Army corporal · 1918–1919
Appointments
1946–1958 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Georgetown Universityjd
- Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)LL.M. · 1926
LL.B. · 1916