John Ellis Martineau (December 2, 1873 – March 6, 1937) was the 28th governor of Arkansas and was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. His term as Governor was marked by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, with Martineau serving as President of the Tri-State Flood Commission.
John Ellis Martineau
Arkansas Eastern District Court
Born 1873 in Clay County, MO
Died 1937
FJC ID: 1497
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 7/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 12/year
Arkansas Eastern District Court · 1928–1937
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, Little Rock, Arkansas1899–present
- ArkansasGovernor · 1927–1928
- Arkansas Chancery Court, First Chancery DistrictChancellor · 1907–1927
- ArkansasState representative · 1903–1905
Appointments
1928–1937 · Appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1899- Arkansas Industrial University (now University of Arkansas)A.B. · 1896