Franz C. Eschweiler Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honorable
Franz C. Eschweiler
Office:Justice of the
Term Start:August 30, 1916
Term End:November 14, 1929
Appointer:Emanuel L. Philipp
Predecessor:William H. Timlin
Successor:Edward T. Fairchild
Office1:Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge
Term Start1:January 1, 1911
Term End1:August 30, 1916
Predecessor1:Branch established
Successor1:Edward T. Fairchild
Birth Name:Franz Chadbourne Eschweiler
Birth Date:6 September 1863
Birth Place:Houghton, Michigan
Death Place:Madison, Wisconsin
Restingplace:Calvary Cemetery,
Children:at least 3
Father:Carl Ferdinand Eschweiler
Mother:Hannah Lincoln (Chadbourne) Eschweiler
Relatives:Alexander C. Eschweiler (Brother), Thomas Chadbourne (Cousin)

Franz Chadbourne Eschweiler (September 6, 1863  - November 14, 1929) was an American lawyer and judge from Wisconsin. He was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the last 13 years of his life. He previously served five and a half years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Milwaukee County.

Biography

Born in Houghton, Michigan, Eschweiler studied at the University of Michigan and the University of Iowa. Eschweiler was admitted to the bar in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1889, and practiced law, in Milwaukee. In 1910, he was elected a Wisconsin Circuit Court judge for the newly created 6th Branch of the Milwaukee County-based 2nd Circuit. Rather than running for re-election in 1916, he ran for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, set to be vacated by the pending retirement of justice William H. Timlin. Eschweiler won the spring 1916 election, and was appointed to begin his term early - in August 1916 - following Timlin's death. Eschweiler ultimately served on the Wisconsin Supreme Court until his own death in 1929.[1] [2]

Electoral history

Wisconsin Circuit Court (1910)

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 1910

Wisconsin Supreme Court (1916, 1926)

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 1916

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 6, 1926

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Justice Franz Eschweiler, Wisconsin Supreme Court . 2011-04-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100609193431/http://www.wicourts.gov/about/judges/supreme/retired/eschweiler.htm . 2010-06-09 . dead .
  2. Web site: Franz Eschweiler, Wisconsin Historical Society . 2011-04-23 . 2012-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107031345/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1288&keyword=eschweiler . dead .