Walter Emanuel Treanor

Summary

Walter Emanuel Treanor (November 17, 1883 – April 26, 1941) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Walter Emanuel Treanor
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In office
December 27, 1937 – April 26, 1941
Appointed byFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded bySamuel Alschuler
Succeeded bySherman Minton
Personal details
Born
Walter Emanuel Treanor

(1883-11-17)November 17, 1883
Loogootee, Indiana, US
DiedApril 26, 1941(1941-04-26) (aged 57)
Resting placeWalnut Hill Cemetery (Petersburg, Indiana)
EducationIndiana University Bloomington (AB)
Indiana University Maurer School of Law (LLB)
Harvard Law School (SJD)

Education and career edit

Born in Loogootee, Indiana, Treanor received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Indiana University Bloomington in 1912, a Bachelor of Laws from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 1922, and a Doctor of Juridical Science from Harvard Law School in 1927.[1] He was in the United States Army during World War I from 1917 to 1919, achieving the rank of Second Lieutenant. He was a professor of law at Indiana University Maurer School of Law from 1922 to 1930. He was a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from 1930 to 1936.[2]

Federal judicial service edit

On December 11, 1937, Treanor was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated by Judge Samuel Alschuler. Treanor was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 21, 1937, and received his commission on December 27, 1937. Treanor served in that capacity until his death on April 26, 1941.[2] He was interred in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Petersburg, Indiana.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "The Honorable Walter E. Treanor" (PDF). www.lb7.uscourts.gov. Library of the U.S. Courts of the Seventh Circuit.
  2. ^ a b Walter Emanuel Treanor at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  3. ^ Linda C. Gugin, James E. St. Clair, Justices of the Indiana Supreme Court (2010), p. 273.

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Benjamin W. Willoughby
Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
1931–1937
Succeeded by
Preceded by Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
1937–1941
Succeeded by