Benjamin Harrison (judge)
{{Short description|American judge}}
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| name = Benjamin Harrison
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| image = Judge Benjamin Harrison 1940 Edit.jpg
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| caption = Harrison {{circa}} 1940
| office = Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
| term_start = April 30, 1959
| term_end = August 7, 1959
| predecessor = Leon Rene Yankwich
| successor = Peirson Mitchell Hall
| office1 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
| term_start1 = June 26, 1940
| term_end1 = August 13, 1960
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| appointer1 = Franklin D. Roosevelt
| predecessor1 = Seat established by 54 Stat. 219
| successor1 = Albert Lee Stephens Jr.
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| birth_name = Benjamin Harrison
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|12|18}}
| birth_place = San Bernardino, California
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1960|08|13|1888|12|18}}
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Benjamin Harrison (December 18, 1888 – August 13, 1960) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.{{cite book |last1=Thurman |first1=V. E. |title=Who's Who in California |date=1940 |publisher=New Deal Historical Society |location=Los Angeles |page=19 |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinnewdeal00thur/page/19/mode/1up |access-date=7 April 2025}}
Education and career
Born in San Bernardino, California, Harrison read law to enter the bar in 1914. He was in private practice in Needles, California from 1917 to 1923, and in San Bernardino from 1923 to 1937, and was city attorney of Needles from 1918 to 1937. He was also a member of the Board of Education of San Bernardino from 1928 to 1932. He was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of California from 1937 to 1940.{{FJC Bio|987|nid=1381871|name=Benjamin Harrison}}
Federal judicial service
On June 11, 1940, Harrison was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California created by 54 Stat. 219. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 22, 1940, and received his commission on June 26, 1940. He served as Chief Judge in 1959, and continued to serve on the court until his death on August 13, 1960.
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- {{FJC Bio|987|nid=1381871|name=Benjamin Harrison}}
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Category:United States attorneys for the Southern District of California
Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
Category:United States district court judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Category:People from San Bernardino, California
Category:People from Needles, California
Category:United States federal judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law