20 Facts About Homer Bone

Homer Truett Bone was an American attorney and politician in Washington state, where he settled in Tacoma as a youth with his family from Indiana.

Homer Bone ran as a candidate for a variety of parties and was elected to the State House.

In 1944 Bone was appointed as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Homer Bone served until his death, the last years in senior status.

Homer Bone first worked for the United States postal service and in the accounting and credit department of a furniture company.

Homer Bone moved with his parents and family to Tacoma, Washington in 1899 after the state was admitted to the Union.

Homer Bone graduated from the Tacoma Law School in 1911.

Homer Bone was admitted to the bar the same year and entered private practice in Tacoma.

In 1912 Homer Bone served as a special deputy prosecutor for Pierce County, Washington in 1912.

Homer Bone served as corporation counsel for the Port of Tacoma in Washington from 1918 to 1932.

Homer Bone was elected to the Washington House of Representatives as a Farmer-Labor candidate, serving one term from 1923 to 1924.

Homer Bone ran for the United States Senate in 1932 and defeated multi-term incumbent, Republican Wesley L Jones.

Homer Bone was reelected in 1938, serving in total from March 4,1933, until his resignation on November 13,1944, when he was confirmed for a federal judgeship.

Homer Bone served as Chairman of the Committee on Patents for the 76th through the 78th United States Congresses.

Homer Bone continued his advocacy for publicly owned power and other progressive causes.

Homer Bone supported construction of the Bonneville Dam and the Grand Coulee Dam in western Washington state, which were important for hydropower generation, flood control, and irrigation.

Homer Bone was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 1,1944, and received his commission the same day.

Homer Bone's service terminated on March 11,1970, due to his death in Tacoma.

Homer Bone had returned to Tacoma in 1968, after living in San Francisco, California since his appointment to the federal bench.

Homer Bone was cremated and his ashes interred in Oakwood Cemetery.