Walter August Huxman

Personal

Birthday: 
2/16/1887
Birthplace: 
Pretty Prairie, KS
Date of Death: 
6/25/1972
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Assistant county attorney, Kansas, 1915-1919
City attorney, Hutchinson, Kansas, 1919-1921
Private practice, Hutchinson, Kansas, 1919-1937
Member, Kansas State Tax Commission, 1931-1932
Governor, Kansas, 1937-1939

Education

Name of School: 

University of Kansas School of Law

KU Law is a public law school that proudly embraces its public mission to provide a high quality, affordable legal education. We offer six certificate programs, including elder law, environmental and natural resources law, international trade and finance, media law and policy, tax law, and tribal law and governance, and eight dual degrees, including business, economics, health administration, indigenous nations, journalism, philosophy, public administration, social welfare, or urban planning. Our clinical and externship programs enable you to begin your legal training by prosecuting criminals or by representing inmates, by serving in a judge's chambers, or by providing legal services to the poor. You can participate in legislation or law reform in the Legislative Clinic or the Public Policy Clinic. Yet, tuition and fees are one-third to one-half the cost of a comparable private school. You will receive an excellent, affordable legal education in a supportive learning community at KU.

Degree: 
LL.B.
Degree Year: 
1914

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Court Name: 

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating: 
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
5/23/1939
Retirement from Active Service: 
4/1/1957
Termination Date: 
6/25/1972
Termination Reason: 
Death