Elmer Bragg Adams

Biography of Elmer Bragg Adams

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Adams
• First Name: Elmer
• Middle Name: Bragg
• Date of Birth: October , 27 , 1842
• Place of Birth (POB): Pomfret , Vermont (US-VT, VT, 50, Vt.)
• Date of Death: October , 24 , 1916
• Place of Death (POD): St. Louis , Missouri (US-MO, MO, 29, Mo.)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Elmer Bragg Adams Court Service Information

• Court Name: United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
• Court Type: United States District Court
• Appointment under the Presidency of: Grover Cleveland ( Democratic )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 12/04/1895
• Judicial Recess Appointment date: 05/17/1895
• Seat vacated by: Priest , Henry S.
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 12/04/1895
• Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
• Committee action date: 12/09/1895
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 12/09/1895
• Commission Date: 12/09/1895
• Date of Termination: 05/29/1905
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Second Appointment of Elmer Bragg Adams

• Court Name: United States Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit
• Court Type: United States Circuit Court (1869)
• Promoted by President: Theodore Roosevelt ( Republican )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 12/05/1905
• Recess Appointment date: 05/20/1905
• Seat vacated by: Thayer , Amos Madden
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 12/06/1905
• Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
• Committee action: 12/11/1905
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 12/12/1905
• Commission Date: 12/12/1905
• Date of Termination: 12/31/1911
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Abolition of Court

Third Appointment of Elmer Bragg Adams

• Court Name: U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Court Type: United States Court of Appeals
• Promoted by President: Theodore Roosevelt ( Republican )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 12/05/1905
• Recess Appointment date: 05/20/1905
• Seat vacated by: Thayer , Amos Madden
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 12/06/1905
• Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
• Committee action date: 12/11/1905
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 12/12/1905
• Commission Date: 12/12/1905

Elmer Bragg Adams in the Law School

• Name of School: Yale College
• Degree: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
• Law Degree Year: 1865

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Harvard Law School
• Law Degree Year: 1868

Elmer Bragg Adams Career Path

Employment:

• Teacher, American Union Commission, Georgia, 1865-1866
• Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 1866-1879, 1884-1895
• Judge, Circuit Court of Missouri, St. Louis Circuit, 1879-1884

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