Arnold Krekel | |
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| Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Missouri | |
| In office March 9, 1865 – June 9, 1888 | |
| Appointed by | Abraham Lincoln |
| Preceded by | Robert William Wells |
| Succeeded by | John Finis Philips |
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| Born | Arnold Krekel (1815-03-12)March 12, 1815 |
| Died | July 14, 1888(1888-07-14) (aged 73) |
| Education | St. Charles College read law |
Arnold Krekel (March 12, 1815 – July 14, 1888) was aUnited States district judge of theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
Born inLangenfeld,Prussia,German Confederation,[1] Krekel emigrated to the United States in 1832.[2] He attendedSt. Charles College andread law to enter the bar in 1844. He was asurveyor inSt. Charles County,Missouri. He was ajustice of the peace there from 1841 to 1843, and was in private practice beginning in 1844. He was a county and city attorney ofSt. Charles and St. Charles County from 1846 to 1850, and was editor of theSt. Charles Democrat from 1850 to 1864. He was a member of theMissouri House of Representatives in 1852. Krekel served in theUnion Army throughout theAmerican Civil War as colonel of a regiment of Missouri volunteers. He was President of the state constitutional convention in 1865 during which the Missouri emancipation proclamation was approved which formally abolished slavery in Missouri.[3][1]
Krekel was nominated by PresidentAbraham Lincoln on March 6, 1865, to a seat on theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Missouri vacated by JudgeRobert William Wells. He was confirmed by theUnited States Senate on March 9, 1865, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on June 9, 1888, due to his retirement.[1]
Krekel was a lecturer for theUniversity of Missouri School of Law inColumbia, Missouri from 1872 to 1875.[1] He was a founding Board Member of theLincoln Institute (later Lincoln University) and helped raise funds for the institution along withJames Milton Turner, an African-American reconstruction-era political leader and educator.[4] He is also credited with namingO'Fallon, Missouri, located in St. Charles County, after a friend, John O'Fallon.
Krekel died on July 14, 1888, in Kansas City, Missouri.[2] and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in St. Charles, Missouri.
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