John Milton Killits
John Milton Killits | |
|---|---|
 circa 1917 | |
| United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | |
| In office June 24, 1910 – October 6, 1928 | |
| Appointed by | William Howard Taft |
| Preceded by | new seat |
| Succeeded by | George Philip Hahn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 7, 1858 Lithopolis, Ohio |
| Died | September 13, 1938 (aged 79) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Alice Nourse Steuart |
| Children | two daughters |
| Alma mater | Williams College Columbian University |
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John Milton Killits (October 7, 1858 – September 13, 1938) was a United States federal judge.
Life
Born in Lithopolis, Ohio, Killits received an A.B. from Williams College in 1880, an LL.B. from Columbian University in 1885, an LL.M. from Columbian University in 1886, and an A.M. from Williams College in 1887. He published a daily and weekly newspaper in Red Oak, Iowa, 1880-1883, and worked in the War Department at Washington, starting March 1884, before becoming private secretary to General William Babcock Hazen, chief signal officer, U.S. Army.[1] He was in private practice in Bryan, Ohio from 1888 to 1904, also working as a prosecuting attorney of Williams County, Ohio from 1893 to 1899. He was a judge on the Court of Common Pleas, 3rd Ohio District from 1905 to 1910.
On June 21, 1910, Killits was nominated by President William H. Taft to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio created by 36 Stat. 202. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 24, 1910, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on October 6, 1928, serving in that capacity until his death, in 1938.
Killits was married to Alice Nourse Steuart, June 21, 1887, at Washington, D.C., and had two daughters.[1][2]
Killits was a member of several Quadrennial General Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church.[2] He was a Mason, Chi Psi, Phi Delta Phi, Knights of Pythias, and a Republican.[2]
Killits had hobbies including carpentry, motor boating, the study of sociology and the history of the bible.[3]
References
- ^ a b Reed, George Irving; Randall, Emilius Oviatt; Greve, Charles Theodore, eds. (1897). Bench and Bar of Ohio: a Compendium of History and Biography. Vol. 2. Chicago: Century Publishing and Engraving Company. pp. 186–188.
- ^ a b c Neff, William B, ed. (1921). Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio History and Biography. Cleveland: The Historical Publishing Company. pp. 496–497.
- ^ Winter, Nevin O (1917). A History of Northwest Ohio. Vol. 2. Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 663–664.
Sources
- John Milton Killits at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1858 births
- 1938 deaths
- Ohio state court judges
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- United States district court judges appointed by William Howard Taft
- 20th-century American judges
- People from Williams County, Ohio
- County district attorneys in Ohio
- Williams College alumni
- George Washington University Law School alumni
- People from Fairfield County, Ohio
- People from Toledo, Ohio
- Ohio Republicans
- 19th-century American newspaper publishers (people)
- People from Red Oak, Iowa