Elmer Bragg Adams
Personal
Birthday:
10/27/1842
Birthplace:
Pomfret, VT
Date of Death:
10/24/1916
Place of Death:
St. Louis, MO
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior 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
Education
Name of School:
Yale College
Degree:
B.A.
Degree Year:
1865
Name of School - Second:
Harvard Law School
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Degree Year - Second:
1868 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
President Nominating:
Grover Cleveland
Party Affiliation of President:
Democratic
Commission Date:
12/09/1895
Termination Date:
5/29/1905
Termination Reason:
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second:
U. S. Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit
Commission Date - Second:
12/12/1905
Termination Date - Second:
12/31/1911
Termination Reason - Second:
Abolition of Court
Court Name - Third:
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Commission Date - Third:
12/12/1905
Termination Date - Third:
10/24/1916
Termination Reason - Third:
Death