John Peter Barnes

John Peter Barnes (born March 15, 1881 in Beaver County , Pennsylvania , †  April 10, 1959 in Elgin , Illinois ) was an American lawyer . After his appointment by President Herbert Hoover , he served as a federal judge in the federal district court for the northern district of Illinois from 1931 to 1957 .

Career

After graduating from high school, John Barnes attended Geneva College in Beaver Falls , where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1904 . This was followed in 1907 with a Bachelor of Laws at the Law School of the University of Michigan . He then practiced as a lawyer in Chicago until 1913 . He went back to this activity from 1914 to 1931; he had since served as Cook County's first assistant prosecutor . He was a member of the Republican Party , but never held a political office.

On February 26, 1931 Barnes was appointed by President Hoover to judge the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ; so he took over a previously newly established seat. After confirmation by the US Senate , which took place on March 2 of the same year, he was able to take office two days later. From 1948 to 1957 he was Chief Judge chairman of this federal court . On September 15, 1957, he switched to senior status and thus effectively retired. His seat fell to Julius Howard Miner ; the presidency of the court was taken over by Philip Leo Sullivan . John Barnes officially resigned as judge on December 31, 1958; he died on April 10, 1959 in Elgin and was buried in La Grange . In the last years of his life he had also made a name for himself as a breeder of Basset Hounds .

Web links

• John Peter Barnes at The Political Graveyard
• John Peter Barnes in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges