Randolph Weatherbee

American judge (1907–1976)

Randolph A. Weatherbee (December 9, 1907 – May 20, 1976)^[1] was an American lawyer and judge who served as the 80th Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Court from December 21, 1966 until his death on May 20, 1976.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Biography

Born in Portland, Weatherbee graduated from Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine with a Bachelor of Arts in 1932,^[1]^[5] and received his J.D. from Cornell Law School,^[1] gaining admission to the bar in Maine in 1937.^[6] A Republican, he served three terms in the Maine House of Representatives, where he chaired the judiciary committee,^[6] and "championed a state lottery bill and he won passage of a measure which reformed professional boxing" in the state.^[1] In 1940, he was elected county attorney for Penobscot County, Maine,^[1] an din 1943 he declared his candidacy for the office of judge of probate for the county.^[6]

In 1966, Governor John H. Reed elevated Weatherbee to a seat on the state supreme court vacated by the resignation of Abraham M. Rudman.^[1] Weatherbee was reappointed in 1973.^[1]

Weatherbee and his wife, Barbara, had one son and one daughter.^[1]

Weatherbee died in a Bangor, Maine, hospital following a heart attack at the age of 68.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Justice Weatherbee Dies at 68", The Lewiston Daily Sun (May 21, 1976), p. 2.
^ "Maine Supreme Court Chief and Associate Justices | Maine State Legislature". legislature.maine.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
^ "State of Maine (via Public) / Judge Powers Sworn in as Active Retired District Court Judge". www.publicnow.com. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
^ "The Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine, 1820 to 2009". Nathan & Henry B. Cleaves Law Library. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
^ "Bates College alumni".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Weatherbee a Candidate for Judge of Probate", The Bangor Daily News (November 24, 1943), p. 9.