Lloyd Llewellyn Black (March 15, 1889 – August 23, 1950) was a
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington and the
.
Education and career
Born in
Leavenworth,
Kansas, Black received an
Artium Baccalaureus
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degree from the
University of Washington in 1910 and a
Bachelor of Laws from the
University of Washington School of Law in 1912. He was in private practice in
Everett,
Washington for various periods between 1913 and 1932. He was a special counsel to the City of Everett in 1916 and from 1920 to 1922, and a prosecuting attorney of
Snohomish County, Washington from 1917 to 1919. He served in the
United States Army towards the end of
World War I in 1918, and was later an attorney in the United States Army at the Port of Everett from 1923 to 1936. Black was a Judge of the Superior Court for Snohomish County and
Island County
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The county's name reflects the fact that it is compose ...
from 1936 to 1939.
Federal judicial service
Black was nominated by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 2, 1939, to the
, to a new seat authorized by 52 Stat. 584. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate on August 4, 1939, and received his commission on August 11, 1939. Black was reassigned by
operation of law on January 20, 1940, to serve additionally on the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, to a new seat authorized by 54 Stat. 16. His service terminated on August 23, 1950, due to his death.
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1889 births
1950 deaths
People from Leavenworth, Kansas
Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
United States district court judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
20th-century American judges
United States Army officers
University of Washington alumni
University of Washington School of Law alumni