DuVal West

Born in Austin, Texas, West attended the West Texas Military Academy (later the Texas Military Institute, now TMI Episcopal) and received a Bachelor of Laws from Cumberland School of Law (then part of Cumberland University, now part of Samford University) in 1890. He was a deputy clerk for the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas from 1884 to 1885. He was chief deputy marshal for the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas from 1886 to 1888. He was in private practice in San Antonio, Texas from 1890 to 1916. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Western District of Texas from 1893 to 1897. He was in the United States Army First Texas Volunteer Infantry in 1898. He was personal representative of President Wilson in Mexico in 1915.[1]

West was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on December 19, 1916, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas vacated by Judge Thomas Sheldon Maxey. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 21, 1916, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on November 30, 1931. West served in that capacity until his death on May 13, 1949, in San Antonio.[1]

• DuVal West at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.