Lewis Schwellenbach

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Years in office: 1940 - 1945

Education

Law

University of Washington School of Law, 1917

Personal

Birthplace

Village of Superior, WI

Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach (1894-1948) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.

Schwellenbach was nominated by PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt on May 6, 1940, to a seat vacated byJohn Stanley Webster; he was confirmed by the Senate on May 6, 1940, and received commission onNovember 20, 1940. He served the Eastern District of Washington until his resignation onJune 30, 1945. Schwellenbach was succeeded in this position bySamuel Driver.

Early life and education

• University of Washington School of Law, LL.B., 1917

Professional career

• U.S. Army Corporal, 1918-1919
• Private practice, Seattle, Washington, 1919-1935
• Candidate for State Governor, Washington, 1932
• U.S. Senator from Washington, 1935-1940
• Delegate, Interparliamentary Union at The Hague, 1938
• U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1945-1948

Judicial career

Eastern District of Washington

Schwellenbach was nominated by PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt on May 6, 1940, to a seat vacated byJohn Stanley Webster^[1]; he was confirmed by the Senate on May 6, 1940, and received commission onNovember 20, 1940. He served the Eastern District of Washington until his resignation onJune 30, 1945. Schwellenbach was succeeded in this position bySamuel Driver.

External links

• Schwellenbach's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
Active judges	Chief Judge: Stanley Bastian  •  Thomas Rice  •  Mary Dimke  •  Rebecca Pennell
Senior judges	Robert Whaley  •  William Nielsen  •  Edward Shea  •  Lonny Suko  •  Rosanna Peterson  •
Magistrate judges	James Goeke  •
Former Article III judges	Edward Whitson  •  Frank Rudkin  •  John Stanley Webster  •  Justin Quackenbush  •  Frederick Van Sickle  •  Lloyd Black  •  Samuel Driver  •  William Goodwin  •  William Lindberg  •  Alan McDonald  •  Robert McNichols  •  Marshall Neill  •  Charles Powell  •  Lewis Schwellenbach  •  Jack Tanner  •  Sal Mendoza, Jr. (Washington)  •
Former Chief judges	Robert Whaley  •  Justin Quackenbush  •  William Nielsen  •  Frederick Van Sickle  •  Lonny Suko  •  Samuel Driver  •  William Goodwin  •  Robert McNichols  •  Marshall Neill  •  Charles Powell  •  Rosanna Peterson  •  Thomas Rice  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byFranklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1940)
1933	Bell •Bratton •Donohoe •FitzHenry •Garrecht •Keefe •Ragon •Stone •Woodrough
1934	Allen •Bowen •Holly •Hulbert •Long •Major •Myers •Rippey •Sullivan
1935	Baldwin •Denman •Faris •Ford •Hamilton •Haney •Holmes •Mahoney •Martin •Mathews •McDuffie •Moore •Roche •A. L. Stephens •H. M. Stephens •Sweeney • Yankwich
1936	Abruzzo •Clancy •Davidson •Davis •Holland •Lederle •Leibell •Ling •Mandelbaum •Maris •Pollard •Thomas •Underwood
1937	Adair •Biggs •Black •Burke •Collet •Druffel •Edgerton •Groner •Healy •Jackson •Jenney •Kloeb •Major •McColloch •Miller •Mize •Murrah •Rice •Stephens •Sullivan •Swinford •Treanor •Trimble •Vinson •Watkins •Williams •Wyche
1938	Clark •Conger •Ford •Hamilton •Laws •Maris •McCord •Murphree •Reed
1939	Allred •Arant •Beaumont •Biddle •Black •Clark •Darr •Davies •Dobie •Douglas •Duffy •Frankfurter •Goldsborough •Huxman •Igoe •Jones •Kalodner •Kerner, Sr. •Lemley •Lumpkin •Magruder •Miller •Morris •Picard •Porterie •Roberts •Rutledge •Walker •Welsh •Whaley •Whitaker •Wilkin
1940	Bard •Barker •Barksdale •Boyd •Broaddus •Caillouet •Campbell •Dobie •Ganey •Goodrich •Harrison •Hartigan •Johnsen •Jones •Leamy •Mahoney •Martin •Murphy •Murrah •O'Connor •Oliver •Pine •Russell •Savage •Schwellenbach •Walker •Waller

v • e Federal judges nominated byFranklin Delano Roosevelt (1941-1945)
1941	Bright •Byrnes •Eicher •Frank •Freed •Healey •Jackson •Leahy •Leavy •Lovett •Madden •McAllister •McGuire •Miller •Minton •Moore •Riddick •Rifkind •J. Smith •W. Smith •Stone •Timmerman •Vogel •Waring •Woodbury •Wyzanski
1942	Brennan •Cole •Delehant •Ekwall •Goodman •Hall •Hannay •Keeling •Meaney
1943	Arnold •Chandler •Clark •Duncan •Helvering •Hulen •Lawrence •Lee •McLaughlin •Mullins •Rutledge •Swygert • Waller
1944	Bone •Connor •Graven •Hutcheson •Kennedy •LaBuy •O'Connell •Schweinhaut •Shaw
1945	Brown •Davis •Foley •Laws •Ridge