[2][3][4] Born in Portland, Weatherbee graduated from Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine with a Bachelor of Arts in 1932,[1][5] and received his J.D.
from Cornell Law School,[1] gaining admission to the bar in Maine in 1937.
[6] A Republican, he served three terms in the Maine House of Representatives, where he chaired the judiciary committee,[6] and "championed a state lottery bill and he won passage of a measure which reformed professional boxing" in the state.
[6] In 1966, Governor John H. Reed elevated Weatherbee to a seat on the state supreme court vacated by the resignation of Abraham M.
[1] Weatherbee died in a Bangor, Maine, hospital following a heart attack at the age of 68.