Michael L. Igoe

Michael L. Igoe
Daily Dispatch (Moline, IL), October 16, 1936
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
In office August 31, 1965 – August 21, 1967
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
In office November 21, 1938 – August 31, 1965
Appointed by	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Seat established by 52 Stat. 584
Succeeded by	William Joseph Lynch
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois
In office 1935–1938
Appointed by	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's at-large district
In office January 3, 1935 – June 2, 1935
Preceded by	Walter Nesbit
Succeeded by	Lewis M. Long
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
In office 1913–1930
Personal details
Born	Michael Lambert Igoe (1885-04-16)April 16, 1885 Saint Paul, Minnesota
Died	August 21, 1967(1967-08-21) (aged 82) Chicago, Illinois
Resting place	All Saints Cemetery Des Plaines, Illinois
Political party	Democratic
Education	Georgetown Law (LL.B.)

Michael Lambert Igoe (April 16, 1885 – August 21, 1967) was an American politician who served as a United States Representative from Illinois, an Illinois state representative, an United States District Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and an United States District Judge of the Northern District of Illinois.

Education and career[]

Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Igoe was educated in the parochial schools and De La Salle Institute in Chicago, Illinois. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Georgetown Law in Washington, D.C. in 1908. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Chicago from 1908 to 1939. He was Chief Assistant United States Attorney of the Northern District of Illinois from 1915 to 1917. He was a member of the board of South Park Commissioners from 1924 to 1932.^[1]

Political career[]

Igoe was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1913 to 1930. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1928 and a member of the Democratic National Committee from 1930 to 1932.

Igoe sought the Democratic nomination for Governor of Illinois in 1932, but was defeated by Henry Horner.

In 1920 he ran for Cook County State's Attorney, winning the Democratic primary against incumbent Maclay Hoyne, but losing the general election to Republican nominee Robert E. Crowe.^[2]

He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives of the 74th United States Congress, serving from January 3, 1935, until his resignation effective June 2, 1935, to take the post of United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, serving from 1935 to 1939.^[3]

He ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary of the 1938 United States Senate election in Illinois.

Federal judicial service[]

Igoe received a recess appointment from President Franklin D. Roosevelt on November 21, 1938, to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, to a new seat authorized by 52 Stat. 584. He was nominated to the same position by President Roosevelt on January 5, 1939. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 9, 1939, and received his commission on March 4, 1939. He assumed senior status on August 31, 1965. His service terminated on August 21, 1967, due to his death in Chicago.^[1] He was interred in All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines, Illinois.^[3]

See also[]

• List of federal judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt

References[]

Sources[]

• United States Congress. "Michael Lambert Igoe (id: I000004)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Michael Lambert Igoe at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.