Louis FitzHenry explained

Louis FitzHenry
Office:Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Term Start:June 16, 1933
Term End:November 18, 1935
Appointer:Franklin D. Roosevelt
Predecessor:George True Page
Successor:James Earl Major
Office1:Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
Term Start1:July 6, 1918
Term End1:October 3, 1933
Appointer1:Woodrow Wilson
Predecessor1:J. Otis Humphrey
Successor1:James Earl Major
State2:Illinois
Term Start2:March 4, 1913
Term End2:March 3, 1915
Predecessor2:John Allen Sterling
Successor2:John Allen Sterling
Birth Name:Louis FitzHenry
Birth Date:13 June 1870
Birth Place:Bloomington, Illinois
Death Place:Normal, Illinois
Resting Place:Bloomington Cemetery
Bloomington, Illinois
Party:Democratic
Education:Illinois Wesleyan University Law School (LLB)

Louis FitzHenry (June 13, 1870 – November 18, 1935) was a United States representative from Illinois, a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.

Education and career

Born in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, FitzHenry attended the public and high schools of Bloomington and, engaged in journalism before receiving a Bachelor of Laws from the law school (now defunct) at Illinois Wesleyan University in 1897. He was admitted to the bar in 1897 and commenced private practice in Bloomington from 1897 to 1907, and was city attorney of Bloomington from 1907 to 1911.

Congressional service

FitzHenry was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1910 to the 62nd United States Congress, but was elected as a Democrat to the 63rd United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the 64th United States Congress, and thereafter resumed the practice of law in Bloomington from 1915 to 1918. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election as a Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court in 1915.

Federal judicial service

FitzHenry was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on July 1, 1918, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois vacated by Judge J. Otis Humphrey. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 6, 1918, and received his commission on July 6, 1918. His service terminated on October 3, 1933, due to his elevation to the Seventh Circuit.

FitzHenry was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 3, 1933, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated by Judge George True Page. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 10, 1933, and received his commission on June 16, 1933. His service terminated on November 18, 1935, due to his death in Normal, Illinois. He was interred in Bloomington Cemetery in Bloomington.

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