William G. Cambridge

Who was William G. Cambridge?

William G. Cambridge was a United States federal judge.

Born in Atlantic, Iowa, Cambridge received a B.S. from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1953, and a J.D. from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law in 1955. He was in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957, remaining in the United States Army Reserve from 1957 to 1965. He was in private practice in Hastings, Nebraska from 1957 to 1981. He was a district judge of the Tenth Judicial District of the State of Nebraska from 1981 to 1988.

On April 13, 1988, Cambridge was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska vacated by Clarence A. Beam. Cambridge was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 27, 1988, and received his commission on June 6, 1988. He served as chief judge from 1994 to 1999, and retired from the bench on July 11, 2000.

He died in Omaha, Nebraska.