Samuel Alschuler (November 20, 1859 – November 9, 1939) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 11/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 15/year
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1916–1939
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
- Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (now Judicial Conference of the United States)Member · 1924–1934
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois1901–1915
- Private practice, Aurora, Illinois1881–1901
- IllinoisState representative · 1896–1900
Appointments
1916–1939 · Appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Read law1881