William Cushing Wait (December 18, 1860 – January 28, 1935) was a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1923 to 1934. He was appointed by Governor Channing H. Cox.
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Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, to Elijah and Eliza Wait, his family moved to Medford, Massachusetts, in 1870, and Wait graduated from Medford High School in 1870.[1] He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College in 1882, followed by a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1885.[1][2] He worked in the office of former Boston mayor Nathan Matthews Jr. for a year before entering into a partnership with a Harvard classmate.[2]
In 1902, Governor Winthrop M. Crane appointed Wait to a seat on the Massachusetts Superior Court, and on December 26, 1923, Governor Channing H. Cox elevated Wait to a seat on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court vacated by the death of Charles Jenney.[1][2]
In December 1934, Wait petitioned Governor Ely to be retired due to his poor health.[2]
Personal life and death
editOn January 1, 1888, Wait married Edith Foote Wright, with whom he had one son.[2] He died at his home in Medford, Massachusetts, at the age of 74, following a period of ill health.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Judge Wait for Supreme Bench". The Boston Globe. December 19, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved January 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e "Justice W. C. Wait Asks To Be Retired". The Boston Globe. December 11, 1934. pp. 1, 23. Retrieved January 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Judge Wait Died Today". The Boston Globe. January 28, 1935. pp. 1, 12. Retrieved January 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.