George Donworth
{{Short description|American judge (1861–1947)}}
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| office = Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
| term_start = May 18, 1909
| term_end = March 20, 1912
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| birth_place = Machias, Maine, U.S.
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George Donworth (November 26, 1861 – September 6, 1947) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Education and career
Donworth was born in Machias, Maine, the son of Patrick Enright Donworth and Mary Eliza Baker Donworth. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Georgetown University in 1881, and read law to enter the bar in 1883. He was in private practice in Fort Fairfield, Maine from 1883 to 1888, and in Seattle, Washington Territory (State of Washington from November 11, 1889) from 1888 to 1909, serving as corporation counsel for Seattle from 1892 to 1894. He was a member of the Seattle School Board from 1907 to 1909.{{FJC Bio|634|nid=1380121|name=George Donworth}}
Federal judicial service
On May 8, 1909, Donworth was nominated by President William Howard Taft to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington created by 35 Stat. 686. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 18, 1909, and received his commission the same day. Donworth served in that capacity until his resignation on March 20, 1912.
Later career and death
Donworth returned to private practice in Seattle from 1912 to 1918, when he entered the United States Army, serving until 1922. He thereafter remained in private practice in Seattle from 1922 until his death in that city on September 6, 1947. His son, Charles T. Donworth, later became a justice of the Washington Supreme Court."[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-langlie-chooses-sea/135249817/ Langlie Chooses Seattle Lawyer]", The Spokesman-Review (August 30, 1949), p. 1.
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Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
Category:United States district court judges appointed by William Howard Taft
Category:Georgetown University alumni
Category:People from Machias, Maine
Category:People from Fort Fairfield, Maine
Category:Washington (state) lawyers
Category:United States federal judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law