Randolph A. Weatherbee (December 9, 1907 – May 20, 1976)Justice Weatherbee Dies at 68
, ''The Lewiston Daily Sun'' (May 21, 1976), p. 2. was an American

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and

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who served as the 80th Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Court from December 21, 1966 until his death on May 20, 1976.

Biography

Born in

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, Weatherbee graduated from

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, in

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with a

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in 1932, and received his J.D. from

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, gaining

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in Maine in 1937.Weatherbee a Candidate for Judge of Probate
, ''The Bangor Daily News'' (November 24, 1943), p. 9. A Republican, he served three terms in the

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, where he chaired the judiciary committee, and "championed a state lottery bill and he won passage of a measure which reformed professional boxing" in the state. In 1940, he was elected county attorney for

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, an din 1943 he declared his candidacy for the office of judge of probate for the county. In 1966, Governor John H. Reed elevated Weatherbee to a seat on the state supreme court vacated by the resignation of Abraham M. Rudman. Weatherbee was reappointed in 1973. Weatherbee and his wife, Barbara, had one son and one daughter. Weatherbee died in a

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, hospital following a

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at the age of 68.

References

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