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Fenton Whitlock Booth

Biography of Fenton Whitlock Booth

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Booth
• First Name: Fenton
• Middle Name: Whitlock
• Date of Birth: May , 12 , 1869
• Place of Birth (POB): Marshall , Illinois (US-IL, IL, 17, Ill., Il., Ills., Ill's)
• Date of Death: July , 26 , 1947
• Place of Death (POD): Indianapolis , Indiana (US-IN, IN, 18, Ind., In.)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Fenton Whitlock Booth Court Service Information

• Court Name: Court of Claims
• Court Type: Court of Claims
• Appointment under the Presidency of: Theodore Roosevelt ( Republican )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 03/14/1905
• Seat vacated by: Wright , Francis M.
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 03/14/1905
• Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
• Committee action date: 03/16/1905
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 03/17/1905
• Commission Date: 03/17/1905
• Date of Termination: 04/23/1928
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Second Appointment of Fenton Whitlock Booth

• Court Name: Court of Claims, Chief Justice
• Court Type: Court of Claims
• Promoted by President: Calvin Coolidge ( Republican )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 04/18/1928
• Seat vacated by: Campbell , Edward K.
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 04/18/1928
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 04/18/1928
• Commission Date: 04/18/1928
• Retirement from Active Service: 06/15/1939
• Date of Termination: 07/26/1947
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Fenton Whitlock Booth in the Law School

• Name of School: DePauw University

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): University of Michigan Law School
• Degree: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
• Law Degree Year: 1892

Fenton Whitlock Booth Career Path

Employment:

• Private practice, Marshall, Illinois, 1892-1905
• State representative, Illinois, 1896-1898
• Dean, Howard University Law School, 1922-1930
• Professor, National University Law School (now George Washington University Law School), 1931-1938
• Professor, Southeastern University, Washington, D.C.
• Chairman, Board #10, Office of Price Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Nominated to be chief justice of the Court of Claims, January 2, 1913; no Senate vote

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This entry was last updated: January 22, 2015

Bachelor of Laws

Charles Merton Merrill
Oscar Hirsh Davis
Howard Thomas Markey
John Munro Woolsey
Robert Dixon Herman
John M. Cashin
William Augustus Bootle

Court of Claims

Oscar Hirsh Davis
James Hughes
William Adams Richardson
Joseph Warren Madden
William Henry Hunt
Thomas Sutler Williams
Joseph Casey

DePauw University

William Morris Sparks

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