Randolph Weatherbee

Randolph Adams Weatherbee^[1] (December 9, 1907 – May 20, 1976)^[2] was an American lawyer and judge who served as the 80th Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Court from December 21, 1966 until his death on May 20, 1976.^[3][4][5]

Biography

Born in Portland, Weatherbee graduated from Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine with a Bachelor of Arts in 1932,^[2][6] and received his J.D. from Cornell Law School,^[2] gaining admission to the bar in Maine in 1937.^[7] A Republican, he served three terms in the Maine House of Representatives, where he chaired the judiciary committee,^[7] and "championed a state lottery bill and he won passage of a measure which reformed professional boxing" in the state.^[2] In 1940, he was elected county attorney for Penobscot County, Maine,^[2] an din 1943 he declared his candidacy for the office of judge of probate for the county.^[7]

In 1966, Governor John H. Reed elevated Weatherbee to a seat on the state supreme court vacated by the resignation of Abraham M. Rudman.^[2] Weatherbee was reappointed in 1973.^[2]

Weatherbee and his wife, Barbara, had one son and one daughter.^[2]

Weatherbee died in a Bangor, Maine, hospital following a heart attack at the age of 68.^[2]