Edward H. Howell

Infobox Judge
name = Edward H. Howell


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office = 76th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
termstart = 1970
termend = 1980
nominator =
appointer = Tom McCall
predecessor = William C. Perry
successor = J. R. Campbell
office2 = Judge of the Oregon Tax Court
constituency2 =
termstart2 = 1965
termend2 = 1970
nominator2 =
appointer2 = Mark Hatfield
predecessor2 = Peter M. Gunnar
successor2 = Carlisle B. Roberts
birthdate = January 1 1915
birthplace = flagicon|Oregon Portland, Oregon
deathdate = death date and age|1994|3|29|1915|1|1|mf=y
deathplace = Salem, Oregon
party =
spouse = Jane Howell

Edward H. Howell (1915-1994) was an American jurist in the state of Oregon. The Oregon native and Army veteran served on the Oregon Tax Court and the state’s highest court, the Oregon Supreme Court.

Early life

Edward Howell was born in Portland, Oregon, on January 1 1915.Edward H. Howell. "The Oregonian", April 3 1994.] The family later moved to The Dalles, Oregon, where Edward graduated from The Dalles High School. He then went to college, followed by law school. Howell graduated in 1940 from Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon. Then with the onset of World War II he joined the United States Army where he served as an intelligence officer in the Aleutian Islands. He married Jane Howell and the couple would have three daughters.

Judicial career

In 1949, Howell began his judicial career when he was appointed to Oregon’s 11th Judicial Career. On February 19 1965, Howell was appointed by Oregon Governor Mark Hatfield to the Oregon Tax Court to replace Peter M. Gunnar who had resigned. [http://www.bluebook.state.or.us/state/elections/elections29.htm Oregon Blue Book: Tax Court Judges of Oregon.] Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 31 2008.] He served on this single-judge court until resigning on May 31 1970. On June 1 1970, he was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court by Governor Tom McCall to replace William C. Perry who had resigned from the bench. [http://www.bluebook.state.or.us/state/elections/elections27.htm Oregon Blue Book: Supreme Court Justices of Oregon.] Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 31 2008.] [http://bluebook.state.or.us/state/elections/elections24.htm Oregon Blue Book: Oregon Governors.] Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 31 2008.] Howell was elected to a full six-year term later in 1970 and then re-elected in 1976. He resigned from the court on November 30 1980.

Edward H. Howell died in Salem, Oregon, on March 29 1994, of cancer and was buried at St. Peter Catholic Cemetery in The Dalles, Oregon.

References

External links

* [http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/historical_records/dspDocument.cfm?doc_ID=62DBD277-E736-B717-F994380E2DA145A2 The Oregon History Project: Christmas Valley Lodge, 1962]