Bertram S. Varian Sr.

Bertram Stetson Varian Sr. (May 12, 1872 – June 8, 1963) was a Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court from 1929 to 1933.

Career

Born in Unionville, Pershing County, Nevada,[1] Varian attended the University of Michigan, and was admitted to the Utah State Bar in 1895, and the Idaho State Bar in 1899. He served as a judge for the 7th Judicial District of Idaho from 1919 to 1929, when he was appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Idaho, to fill his unfinished term of Herman H. Taylor who had recently died.[2] Varian served until 1933,[1][3] when he was he defeated for reelection by former Justice William McKendree Morgan, who was returned to the court as part of an anti-incumbent wave spurred by the Great Depression.[4]

Personal life and death

Varian had a son, Bertram S. Varian Jr., who was a naval aviator in the United States Navy during World War II, and who was killed in the Battle of Midway and posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.[5]

Varian died in Boise, Ada County, Idaho, and was interred at Cloverdale Memorial Park, in Boise.[6]

References

1. Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory (1958), Vol. 1, p. 1450.
2. "Fruitland Banner Newspaper Archives, Mar 7, 1929, p. 1". NewspaperArchive.com. 7 March 1929. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
3. "Paris Post Newspaper Archives, Oct 13, 1932, p. 1". NewspaperArchive.com. 13 October 1932. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
4. "Justice faces unusual election challenge", The Spokesman-Review (April 24, 2000), p. 5.
5. "Valor awards for Bertram Stetson Varian, Jr". Military Times Hall of Valor. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.
6. "Oakland Tribune Newspaper Archives, Jun 9, 1963, p. 117". NewspaperArchive.com. 9 June 1963. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

Political offices
Preceded by Herman H. Taylor	Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court 1929–1933	Succeeded by William McKendree Morgan