Justice Holcomb (other)
Justice Holcomb may refer to: *Oscar Raymond Holcomb Oscar Raymond Holcomb (December 31, 1869 – September 14, 1948) was an American lawyer, and justice of the Washington Supreme Court from 1915 to 1927, and again from 1927 to 1939. Defeated in a bid for reelection in 1926, Holcomb's term expired e ..., associate justice and chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court * Silas A. Holcomb, associate justice and chief justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court {{disambiguation, tndis ...
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Oscar Raymond Holcomb
Oscar Raymond Holcomb (December 31, 1869 – September 14, 1948) was an American lawyer, and justice of the Washington Supreme Court from 1915 to 1927, and again from 1927 to 1939. Defeated in a bid for reelection in 1926, Holcomb's term expired early in 1927. Within several months, he was appointed to the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Jesse B. Bridges. Holcomb served as chief justice of the Court from 1919 to 1921. Early life and education Holcomb was born in Gibson County, Indiana, to Mary Ann Hopkins (1840–1917) and Silas Mercer Holcomb (1838–1906), an attorney. Holcomb attended the public schools in Fort Branch, Indiana, and enrolled in Southwestern Indiana Normal School, at Princeton, Indiana. After graduation, he attended the Chicago College of Law and received his LL.B. degree in 1892. Legal and judicial career Following law school, Holcomb engaged in private practice in Evansville, Indiana, before moving to Tacoma, Washington, in March 1894, and then in Apri ...
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