Fred Louis Wham (June 15, 1884 – February 2, 1967) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois.
Fred Louis Wham
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois
Born 1884 in Marion County, IL
Died 1967
FJC ID: 2559
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 1/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 7/year
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois · 1927–1967District Court, E.D. Illinois · 1927–1967
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, Centralia, Illinois1917–1927
- U.S. Department of AgricultureAssistant solicitor · 1915–1917
- Private practice, Fort Smith and Fayetteville, Arkansas1909–1915
Appointments
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of IllinoisChief Judge1927–1967 · Appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1909