Thomas Sutler Williams

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

U.S. Court of Claims

Years in office: 1929 - 1940

Personal

Birthplace

Louisville, IL

Thomas Sutler Williams (1872-1940) was afederal judge on theUnited States Court of Claims.

Williams was nominated to the Court of Claims by PresidentHerbert Hoover. He was commissioned onNovember 11, 1929, and served until his death onApril 5, 1940.^[1]

Education

• Austin College, Effingham, Illinois, 1896

Professional career

• Private practice, Louisville, Illinois, 1896-1915
• City attorney, Louisville, Illinois, 1897-1899
• Member, Illinois House of Representatives, 1899-1901
• Mayor, Louisville, Illinois, 1907-1909
• Prosecuting attorney, Clay County, Illinois, 1908-1915
• U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1915-1929

Footnotes

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Former judges

Atkinson •Barney •Bennett •Blackford •Booth •Campbell •Casey •Collins •Cowen •John Davis •John Bancroft Davis •Oscar Davis •Downey •Drake •Durfee •Friedman •Gilchrist •Graham •Green •Hay •Howell •Howry •Hughes •Hunt •Jones •Kashiwa •Kunzig •Laramore •Littleton •Loring •Madden •Milligan •Moss •Nichols •Nott •Peck •Peelle •Richardson •Scarburgh •Scofield •Sinnott •Skelton •Smith •Weldon •Whaley •Whitaker •Williams •Wilmot •Wright •

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