Walter Augustus Huxman (February 16, 1887 – June 25, 1972) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as the 27th governor of Kansas and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Walter August Huxman
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1887 in Pretty Prairie, KS
Died 1972
FJC ID: 1139
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 28/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 153/year
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1939–1972
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
- KansasGovernor · 1937–1939
- Private practice, Hutchinson, Kansas1919–1937
- Kansas State Tax CommissionMember · 1931–1932
- Hutchinson, KansasCity attorney · 1919–1921
- KansasAssistant county attorney · 1915–1919
Appointments
1939–1972 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1914