Samuel Alschuler

Samuel Alschuler (November 20, 1859 – November 9, 1939) was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Samuel Alschuler
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In office May 15, 1936 – November 9, 1939
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In office August 16, 1915 – May 15, 1936
Appointed by	Woodrow Wilson
Preceded by	Peter S. Grosscup
Succeeded by	Walter Emanuel Treanor
Personal details
Born	Samuel Alschuler November 20, 1859 Chicago, Illinois
Died	November 9, 1939 (aged 79)
Relatives	George W. Alschuler (brother)
Education	read law

Education and career

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Alschuler read law in 1881. He was in private practice in Aurora, Illinois from 1881 to 1901 and continued in private practice in Chicago until 1915. He was also a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1896 to 1900 and was a Democrat.[1][2]

Federal judicial service

Alschuler received a recess appointment from President Woodrow Wilson on August 16, 1915, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated by Judge Peter S. Grosscup. He was nominated to the same position by President Wilson on January 7, 1916. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 18, 1916, and received his commission the same day. He was a member of the Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (now the Judicial Conference of the United States) from 1924 to 1934. He assumed senior status on May 15, 1936. His service terminated on November 9, 1939, due to his death.[1]

Other service

Alschuler was appointed to arbitrate between meatpacking unions in Chicago and employers after the President's Mediation Commission intervened in November 1917.[3] From 1922 to 1923, Alschuler served on the new Federal Coal Commission.[4]

Family

His brother George W. Alschuler also served in the Illinois House of Representatives.[5]

See also

• Federal Coal Commission

References

1. Samuel Alschuler at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
2. 'Official Directory of the General Assembly of Illinois 1897,' Biographical Sketch of Samuel Alschuler, pg. 36
3. McCartin, Joseph A.Labor's Great War: The Struggle for Industrial Democracy and the Origins of Modern American Labor Relations, 1912-1921. The University of North Carolina Press. 1997. p. 83
4. "Huge. Distillery with Tuinel Feature Discovered on Police Raid--Explorer Cook Arrested". Chicago Tribune. 2 February 1923. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
5. 'Aurora Leader Dies In Crash,' The Daily Chronicle (De Kalb, Illinois), December 5, 1936, pg. 1

Sources

• Samuel Alschuler at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

External links

• Samuel Alschuler at Find a Grave