Background
WAITE, Byron Sylvester was born on September 27, 1852 in Penfield, New York, United States. Son of Elihu and Elizabeth (Tarbell) Waite.
judge United States Customs Court
WAITE, Byron Sylvester was born on September 27, 1852 in Penfield, New York, United States. Son of Elihu and Elizabeth (Tarbell) Waite.
University of Michigan. University of Michigan Law School.
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1880 from the University of Michigan and read law. He worked in private practice in Wayne County, Michigan from 1881 to 1889. He served as assistant prosecuting attorney for Wayne County from 1895 to 1898.
He served as a Judge for the Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan from 1898 to 1900.
He was confirmed by the Senate on June 19, 1902, and received his commission on June 25, 1902. On May 28, 1926, he was transferred by operation of law to the newly created United States Customs Court.
Judge Waite died at home thirteen months later and was succeeded by Judge Walter Howard Evans. Waite died on December 31, 1930, in Yonkers, New New York
He served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1889 to 1890 and again from 1895 to 1896. On June 13, 1902, President Roosevelt nominated Waite to serve as a Member of the Board of General Appraisers, to the seat vacated by Charles H. Ham.
Spouse lsmene Cramer, January 20, 1881, Ann Arbor, Michigan.