Charles Brents Kennamer
Charles Brents Kennamer | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama | |
In office February 25, 1931 – June 3, 1955 | |
Appointed by | Herbert Hoover |
Preceded by | Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr. |
Succeeded by | Frank Minis Johnson |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | |
In office February 25, 1931 – June 5, 1936 | |
Appointed by | Herbert Hoover |
Preceded by | Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr. |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Kennamer Cove, Alabama | November 25, 1874
Died | June 3, 1955 Montgomery, Alabama | (aged 80)
Political party | Republican |
Charles Brents Kennamer (November 25, 1874 – June 3, 1955) was a United States federal judge.
Born in Kennamer Cove, Alabama, Kennamer attended Georgetown University, and read law to enter the bar in 1903. He entered private practice in Guntersville, Alabama in 1903. He was a County solicitor, Marshall County, Alabama from 1905 to 1906. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Northern District of Alabama from 1907 to 1914, and then a special Assistant United States Attorney of the Northern District of Alabama from 1914 to 1916, finally becoming the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 1922 to 1931.
On January 24, 1931, Kennamer was nominated by President Herbert Hoover to a joint seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama vacated by Henry D. Clayton. Kennamer was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 20, 1931, and received his commission on February 25, 1931. Kennamer served in that capacity until June 5, 1936, when he was reassigned by operation of law to serve only on the Middle District. Kennamer served in that capacity until his death.
Sources
- Charles Brents Kennamer at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1874 births
- 1955 deaths
- Georgetown University alumni
- United States federal judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law
- People from Marshall County, Alabama
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
- United States Attorneys for the Northern District of Alabama
- United States district court judges appointed by Herbert Hoover
- 20th-century American judges
- Assistant United States Attorneys