J. Leroy Adair
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Jackson Leroy Adair | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois | |
In office April 27, 1937 – January 19, 1956 | |
Appointed by | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Preceded by | James Earl Major |
Succeeded by | Frederick Olen Mercer |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 15th district | |
In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937 | |
Preceded by | Burnett M. Chiperfield |
Succeeded by | Lewis L. Boyer |
Member of the Illinois Senate from the 36th district | |
In office 1928–1932 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Clayton, Illinois | February 23, 1887
Died | January 19, 1956 Quincy, Illinois | (aged 68)
Resting place | South Side Cemetery, Clayton, Illinois |
Political party | Democratic Party |
Alma mater | University of Michigan Law School LL.B. |
Profession | Attorney |
Jackson Leroy Adair (February 23, 1887 – January 19, 1956) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois and a United States District Judge.
Biography
Adair was born in Clayton, Illinois, attending public high school, and Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1911 with a Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He moved to Quincy, Illinois, in 1913 and continued the practice of law. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits and in the manufacture of medicine for livestock. He served as city attorney, from 1914 to 1916. He served as prosecuting attorney of Adams County, from 1916 to 1920 and from 1924 to 1928. He served as member of the Illinois State Senate from 1928 to 1932, from the 36th District.[1]
Federal service
Adair was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1936. He was appointed United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in 1937 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and served until his death in Quincy, Illinois, January 19, 1956. He is interred in South Side Cemetery, Clayton, Illinois.
References
Sources
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- United States Congress. "J. Leroy Adair (id: A000025)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- J. Leroy Adair at Find a Grave
- Jackson Leroy Adair at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1887 births
- 1956 deaths
- Illinois state senators
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
- United States district court judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 20th-century American judges
- Illinois Democrats
- University of Michigan Law School alumni
- American Congregationalists
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives