Archibald Kenneth Gardner (December 3, 1867 – January 21, 1962) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Archibald K. Gardner
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Born 1867 in Gwen Sound, Canada
Died 1962 in Huron, SD
FJC ID: 819
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 25/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 119/year
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1929–1962
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Conference of Senior Circuit Judges, 1947-1948, and Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1948–1959
- Chicago and Northwestern Railway, South DakotaGeneral attorney · 1907–1929
- Private practice, Rapid City, South Dakota1895–1897, 1899–1907
- Rapid City, South DakotaCity attorney · 1897–1904
- Private practice, Greenfield, Missouri1893–1895
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitChief Judge1929–1962 · Appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1893- University of IowaA.B. · 1892