Elmer Bragg Adams (October 27, 1842 – October 24, 1916) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Elmer Bragg Adams
Born 1842 in Pomfret, VT
Died 1916 in St. Louis, MO
FJC ID: 9
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 13/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 21/year
Missouri Eastern District Court · 1895–1905U.S. Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit · 1905–1911Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1905–1916
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
- Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri1866–1879, 1884–1895
- Circuit Court of Missouri, St. Louis CircuitJudge · 1879–1884
- American Union Commission, GeorgiaTeacher · 1865–1866
Appointments
1905–1911 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)Term ended: Abolition of Court- 1905–1916 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)Term ended: Death
1895–1905 · Appointed by Grover Cleveland (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- Yale CollegeB.A. · 1865