Raymond Wesley Starr

Raymond Wesley Starr (August 24, 1888 November 2, 1968) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Harbor Springs, Michigan, Starr received an LL.B. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1910. He was in private practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1910 to 1937, and was then Attorney General of Michigan from 1937 to 1938, thereafter returning to private practice until 1941. He was a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1941 to 1946.

On July 3, 1946, Starr was nominated by President Harry S. Truman to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan vacated by Fred Morton Raymond. Starr was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 23, 1946, and received his commission on July 25, 1946. He served as chief judge from 1954 to 1961, assuming senior status on August 15, 1961. Starr served in that capacity until his death, in 1968.

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Preceded by
David H. Crowley
Attorney General of Michigan
1937–1938
Succeeded by
Thomas Read
Preceded by
Fred Morton Raymond
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
1946–1961
Succeeded by
Noel Peter Fox
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