William Squire Kenyon (June 10, 1869 – September 9, 1933) was a United States senator from Iowa, and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
William Squire Kenyon
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1869 in Elyria, OH
Died 1933 in Sebasco Estates, ME
FJC ID: 1264
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 25/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 94/year
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1922–1933
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
- U.S. senator from Iowa1911–1922
- Private practice, Fort Dodge, Iowa1891–1911
Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States1910–1911- Illinois Central RailroadGeneral counsel · 1904–1907
- Private practice, Webster County, Iowa1897–1900, 1902–1904
- Iowa District Court, Eleventh Judicial DistrictJudge · 1900–1902
- Webster County, IowaProsecutor · 1892–1896
Appointments
1922–1933 · Appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Grinnell College
- University of Iowa
- Read law1891