Frederic Palen Schoonmaker (March 11, 1870 – September 5, 1945) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Frederic Palen Schoonmaker
Pennsylvania Western District Court
Born 1870 in Limestone, NY
Died 1945
FJC ID: 2118
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 6/year
Pennsylvania Western District Court · 1922–1945
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, Bradford, Pennsylvania1894–1913, 1919–1923
U.S. Army lieutenant colonel1917–1919- Pennsylvania National Guard captain1912–1917
Appointments
1922–1945 · Appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Read law1894
- Cornell UniversityA.B. · 1891