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Schwellenbach, Lewis B. (Lewis Baxter), 1894-1948

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Personal name headingSchwellenbach, Lewis B. (Lewis Baxter), 1894-1948
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Variant(s)Schwellenbach, Lewis Baxter, 1894-
Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeSeattle (Wash.)
Birth date1894-09-20
Death date1948-06-10
Place of birthSuperior (Wis.)
AffiliationUnited States. Congress. Senate
United States. District Court (Washington : Eastern District)
United States. Department of Labor. Office of the Secretary
Profession or occupationLawyers
Legislators--United States
Judges
Found inNUCMC data from U. of Washington Lib. for L.J. Ayer. Papers, 1933-1935 (Lewis B. Schwellenbach)
LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Schwellenbach, Lewis Baxter, 1894-; usage: Lewis B. Schwellenbach)
Who was who in America, 1943-1950 (Schwellenbach, Lewis Baxter, sec. of labor; born Superior, Wis., Sept 20, 1894; s. Francis W. and Martha (Baxter) S.; LL.B. U. of Wash., 1917; m. Anne Duffy, 1935; admitted to Washington bar, 1919 and began practice at Seattle; assoc. with firm Roberts & Skeel, 1919-1921; with Schwellenbach, Merrick and Macfarlane, 1925-1931; practiced alone, 1931-1935; U.S. senator, 1935-1940; resigned to become U.S. district judge, Eastern District of Washington to 1945; apptd. sec. of labor by Pres. Truman, 1945; dean, Gonzaga U. Law Sch., Spokane, Wash., since 1944; died June 10, 1948)
Biographical directory of Article III federal judges, viewed December 17, 2019: (Schwellenbach, Lewis Baxter; judge US District Court Eastern District of Washington; LL.B., University of Washington School of Law, 1917; private practice, Seattle, Washington, 1919-1935; candidate for governor, Washington, 1932; U.S. senator from Washington, 1935-1940; delegate, Interparliamentary Union, The Hague, 1938)
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