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Lewis Schwellenbach
Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach (1894-1948) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.
Schwellenbach was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on May 6, 1940, to a seat vacated by John Stanley Webster; he was confirmed by the Senate on May 6, 1940, and received commission on November 20, 1940. He served the Eastern District of Washington until his resignation on June 30, 1945. Schwellenbach was succeeded in this position by Samuel Driver.
Early life and education
- University of Washington School of Law, LL.B., 1917
Professional career
- U.S. Army Corporal, 1918-1919
- Private practice, Seattle, Washington, 1919-1935
- Candidate for State Governor, Washington, 1932
- U.S. Senator from Washington, 1935-1940
- Delegate, Interparliamentary Union at The Hague, 1938
- U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1945-1948
Judicial career
Eastern District of Washington
Schwellenbach was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on May 6, 1940, to a seat vacated by John Stanley Webster[1]; he was confirmed by the Senate on May 6, 1940, and received commission on November 20, 1940. He served the Eastern District of Washington until his resignation on June 30, 1945. Schwellenbach was succeeded in this position by Samuel Driver.
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Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: John Stanley Webster |
Eastern District of Washington 1940–1945 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Samuel Driver
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| 1933 |
Bell • Bratton • Donohoe • FitzHenry • Garrecht • Keefe • Ragon • Stone • Woodrough | ||
| 1934 |
Allen • Bowen • Holly • Hulbert • Long • Major • Myers • Rippey • Sullivan | ||
| 1935 |
Baldwin • Denman • Faris • Ford • Hamilton • Haney • Holmes • Mahoney • Martin • Mathews • McDuffie • Moore • Roche • A. L. Stephens • H. M. Stephens • Sweeney • Yankwich | ||
| 1936 |
Abruzzo • Clancy • Davidson • Davis • Holland • Lederle • Leibell • Ling • Mandelbaum • Maris • Pollard • Thomas • Underwood | ||
| 1937 |
Adair • Biggs • Black • Burke • Collet • Druffel • Edgerton • Groner • Healy • Jackson • Jenney • Kloeb • Major • McColloch • Miller • Mize • Murrah • Rice • Stephens • Sullivan • Swinford • Treanor • Trimble • Vinson • Watkins • Williams • Wyche | ||
| 1938 |
Clark • Conger • Ford • Hamilton • Laws • Maris • McCord • Murphree • Reed | ||
| 1939 |
Allred • Arant • Beaumont • Biddle • Black • Clark • Darr • Davies • Dobie • Douglas • Duffy • Frankfurter • Goldsborough • Huxman • Igoe • Jones • Kalodner • Kerner, Sr. • Lemley • Lumpkin • Magruder • Miller • Morris • Picard • Porterie • Roberts • Rutledge • Walker • Welsh • Whaley • Whitaker • Wilkin | ||
| 1940 |
Bard • Barker • Barksdale • Boyd • Broaddus • Caillouet • Campbell • Dobie • Ganey • Goodrich • Harrison • Hartigan • Johnsen • Jones • Leamy • Mahoney • Martin • Murphy • Murrah • O'Connor • Oliver • Pine • Russell • Savage • Schwellenbach • Walker • Waller | ||
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| 1941 |
Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski | ||
| 1942 |
Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney | ||
| 1943 |
Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert • Waller | ||
| 1944 |
Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw | ||
| 1945 | |||
