Wesley Ernest Brown (June 22, 1907 – January 23, 2012) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. At his death at age 104, he was the oldest person to serve as a federal judge in the history of the United States, actively hearing cases until approximately one month before his death.
Wesley Ernest Brown
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
Born 1907 in Hutchinson, KS
Died 2012 in Wichita, KS
FJC ID: 289
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1976–1979
- Private practice, Hutchinson, Kansas1933–1944, 1946–1958
U.S. Navy lieutenant1944–1946- Aircraft Woodwork ManufacturersSecretary of corporation/attorney · 1942–1944
- Reno County, KansasCounty attorney · 1935–1939
Appointments
1962–2012 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Kansas City School of Law (now University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law)LL.B. · 1933