Charles Brents Kennamer

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Years in office: 1931 - 1955

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United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Years in office: 1931 - 1936

Education

Bachelor's

Georgetown University

Law

Read law, 1903

Personal

Birthplace

Alabama

Charles Brents Kennamer (1874-1955) was afederal judge on the United States District Court for theNorthern andMiddle Districts of Alabama.

He was nominated by PresidentHerbert Hoover on January 24, 1931, to replaceHenry De Lamar Clayton. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 20th of that year, and received commission onFebruary 25th. He served on the Northern District Court untilJune 5, 1936 and he served on the Middle District Court until his death onJune 3, 1955.^[1] Kennamer was succeeded in this position byFrank M. Johnson, Jr..

Early life and education

• Georgetown University
• Read law, 1903

Professional career

• Private practice, Guntersville, Alabama, 1903-
• County solicitor, Marshall County, Alabama, 1905-1906
• Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Alabama, 1907-1914
• Special assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Alabama, 1914-1916
• U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1922-1931

Judicial nominations and appointments

Middle District of Alabama

Kennamer was nominated by PresidentHerbert Hoover on January 24, 1931, to replaceHenry De Lamar Clayton. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 20th of that year, and received commission onFebruary 25th. He served on the Northern District Court untilJune 5, 1936 and he served on the Middle District Court until his death onJune 3, 1955.^[1] Kennamer was succeeded in this position byFrank M. Johnson, Jr..

Northern District of Alabama

Kennamer was nominated by PresidentHerbert Hoover on January 24, 1931, to replaceHenry De Lamar Clayton. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 20th of that year, and received commission onFebruary 25th. He served on the Northern District Court untilJune 5, 1936.^[1]

External links

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byHerbert Hoover
1929	Avis •Byers •Caffey •Coxe, Jr. •Galston •Gardner •Glenn •Hopkins •Lenroot •Littleton •McDermott •Phillips •Sparks •Watson •Wheat •Wilbur •Wilson •Williams •Woolsey •Wyman
1930	Adkins •Bryant •Cosgrave •Cox •Hincks •Hughes •Hutcheson •Luhring •Nields •Patterson •Roberts •Sibley •Thompson •Whaley •Wheat
1931	Barnes •Chesnut •Evans •Fee •Groner •Hincks •Hitz •Hollzer •Kennamer •Kennerly •Kincheloe •Knight •Letts •McMillan •Morton •Nordbye •O'Brien •O'Donoghue •Paul, Jr. •Proctor •Sames •Sanborn •Sawtelle •Soper •Strum •Underwood • Way
1932	Briggle •Cardozo •Dallinger •Forman •Johnson •Joyce •McLellan •Simons •Welsh

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Active judges	Chief Judge: Madeline Haikala  •  Liles Burke  •  Annemarie Carney Axon  •  Corey Maze  •  Anna Manasco  •  Edmund LaCour  •  Harold Mooty
Senior judges	Sharon Blackburn  •  Charles Smith (Alabama)  •  Inge Johnson  •  Karon Bowdre  •  David Proctor  •  Virginia Hopkins  •
Magistrate judges	John H. England  •  Staci G. Cornelius  •  Gray M. Borden  •  Herman Johnson  •  Nicholas Danella  •
Former Article III judges	James Hancock  •  Robert Propst  •  William Acker  •  U. W. Clemon  •  Scott Coogler  •  William Crawford (Alabama)  •  Charles Tait  •  John Gayle  •  William Giles Jones  •  Richard Busteed  •  George Washington Lane  •  John Bruce  •  Oscar Richard Hundley  •  Thomas Goode Jones (Alabama)  •  William Irwin Grubb  •  Henry De Lamar Clayton  •  Charles Brents Kennamer  •  David Jackson Davis (United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama judge)  •  Thomas Murphree  •  Clarence Allgood  •  Harlan Grooms  •  Elbert Haltom  •  Seybourn Lynne  •  Frank McFadden  •  Clarence Mullins  •  Edwin Nelson  •  Sam Pointer  •  Frank Hampton McFadden  •  Abdul Kallon  •  Dean Buttram Jr.  •
Former Chief judges	U. W. Clemon  •  Karon Bowdre  •  Scott Coogler  •  David Proctor  •  Seybourn Lynne  •  Frank McFadden  •  Clarence Mullins  •  Sam Pointer  •

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
Active judges	Chief Judge: Emily Coody Marks  •  Bill Lewis  •  R. Austin Huffaker
Senior judges	William Albritton  •  William Watkins (Alabama)  •  Myron Thompson  •
Magistrate judges	Susan Walker  •  Charles Coody  •  Stephen Doyle  •  Jerusha Adams  •  Kelly Pate  •
Former Article III judges	Mark Fuller  •  Truman McGill Hobbs Sr. (Alabama federal district court judge)  •  William Crawford (Alabama)  •  John Gayle  •  William Giles Jones  •  Richard Busteed  •  George Washington Lane  •  John Bruce  •  Joel Dubina  •  Thomas Goode Jones (Alabama)  •  Henry De Lamar Clayton  •  Charles Brents Kennamer  •  Ira De Ment  •  Thomas Pittman  •  Robert Varner  •  Frank M. Johnson, Jr.  •  Andrew Brasher  •
Former Chief judges	Mark Fuller  •  Truman McGill Hobbs Sr. (Alabama federal district court judge)  •  William Albritton  •  Myron Thompson  •  Robert Varner  •  Frank M. Johnson, Jr.  •