Jacob Weinberger (January 4, 1882 – May 20, 1974) was a
United States district judge
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of the
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Education and career
Born in
Austria-Hungary
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, to Herman and Nettie Flaster Weinberger,
[Who's Who on the Pacific Coast, 1913, p. 594.] Weinberger's family emigrated to
Denver
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,
Colorado
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in the late 1880s, where he attended the public schools.
[JACOB WEINBERGER COLLECTION – MSS 105]
/ref> Weinberger received a Bachelor of Laws
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from the University of Colorado Law School
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in 1904, and was in private practice in Denver in 1904, and in Gila County
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, Arizona Territory
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from 1905 to 1911. He married Blanche Ruth Solomon on June 11, 1907,San Diego
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, California
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from 1911 to 1941, serving as city attorney of San Diego from 1941 to 1943. He was a Judge of the Superior Court
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of San Diego County
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from 1943 to 1945, returning to private practice until 1946.
Other service
Weinberger served on the Board of Education for the San Diego School District for 21 years.[
]
Federal judicial service
On January 24, 1946, Weinberger was nominated by President Harry S. Truman
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to a seat on the vacated by Judge Harry Aaron Hollzer. Weinberger was confirmed by the United States Senate
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on February 15, 1946, and received his commission on February 21, 1946.
He assumed senior status
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on November 1, 1958, serving thereafter until his death on May 20, 1974, in San Diego.
Honors
The Jacob Weinberger Elementary School was named for him in 1963,[ and the Jacob Weinberger U.S. Courthouse in San Diego was renamed in his honor in 1988.
]
See also
*List of Jewish American jurists
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Supreme Court of the United States
Federal judges Appellate judges
* Robert E. Bacharach, Judge of the United States Court of ...
References
Sources
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1882 births
1974 deaths
Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United States
Lawyers from Denver
Lawyers from San Diego
School board members in California
University of Colorado Law School alumni
Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
United States district court judges appointed by Harry S. Truman
20th-century American judges