Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg

Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg (August 22, 1889 – September 15, 1968) was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Education and career[]

Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Schnackenberg received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Chicago Law School in 1912. He was in private practice in Chicago, Illinois from 1912 to 1945. He was a Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1912 to 1913 and from 1922 to 1944. He was Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1941 to 1944. He was general attorney for the South Park Commissioners in Chicago from 1925 to 1930. He was a Judge on the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois from 1945 to 1954.^[1]

Federal judicial service[]

Schnackenberg received a recess appointment from President Dwight D. Eisenhower on November 17, 1953, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated by Judge Otto Kerner Sr. He was formally nominated to the same seat by President Eisenhower on January 11, 1954. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 9, 1954, and received his commission the same day. His service was terminated on September 15, 1968, due to his death.^[1]

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Sources[]

• Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.