John Elbert Sater (January 16, 1854 – July 18, 1937) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 7/year
Ohio Southern District Court · 1907–1908Ohio Southern District Court · 1909–1924
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
- Columbus [Ohio] Board of EducationMember · 1885–1890
- ↳president · 1888–1889
- Office of State Commissioner of Common Schools, OhioChief clerk · 1881–1884
- Wauseon, OhioSuperintendent of schools · 1875–1881
- Fulton County, OhioCounty school examiner
Appointments
1909–1924 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)Term ended: Retirement- 1907–1908 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)Term ended: Recess Appointment-Not Confirmed
Education
- Read law1884
- Marietta CollegeA.M. · 1878
- Marietta CollegeA.B. · 1875