Campbell Eben Beaumont

Who was Campbell Eben Beaumont?

Campbell Eben Beaumont was a United States federal judge.

Born in Mayfield, Kentucky, Beaumont was in the Kentucky National Guard from 1904 to 1906, and received an LL.B. from Cumberland University in 1910. He was in private practice from 1912 to 1914, when he became a deputy district attorney of Fresno County, California, serving from 1914 to 1917. He was an Assistant district attorney of Fresno County in 1917, and was the district attorney of that county from 1918 to 1921. He was a judge on the California Superior Court, California from 1921 to 1939.

On July 27, 1939, Beaumont was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California created by 52 Stat. 585. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 1, 1939, and received his commission on August 5, 1939. Beaumont served in that capacity until November 19, 1954, due to his death.