{{Short description|American judge (1857–1938)}} {{Infobox judge | honorific_prefix = | name = Albert B. Anderson | honorific_suffix = | image = Albert_Anderson.jpg | alt = | caption = | office = Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | term_start = October 30, 1929 | term_end = April 27, 1938 | office1 = Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | term_start1 = January 6, 1925 | term_end1 = October 30, 1929 | nominator1 = | appointer1 = Calvin Coolidge | predecessor1 = Francis E. Baker | successor1 = William Morris Sparks | office2 = Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana | term_start2 = December 8, 1902 | term_end2 = January 13, 1925 | nominator2 = | appointer2 = Theodore Roosevelt | predecessor2 = John Baker | successor2 = Robert C. Baltzell | pronunciation = | birth_name = Albert Barnes Anderson | birth_date = {{Birth date|1857|2|10}} | birth_place = Zionsville, Indiana, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1938|4|27|1857|2|10}} | death_place = Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = Oak Hill Cemetery <br>Crawfordsville, Indiana, U.S. | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = | other_party = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | education = Wabash College (AB)<br>read law | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!--Embedded templates / Footnotes--> | footnotes = <ref name="Eliason">{{cite web |last1=Eliason |first1=Laura |title=Collection: Albert B. Anderson correspondence {{!}} Indiana State Library Manuscripts Catalog |url=https://archives.isl.lib.in.us/repositories/2/resources/3589 |website=Indiana State Library |accessdate=3 April 2020}}</ref> }} '''Albert Barnes Anderson''' (February 10, 1857 – April 27, 1938),<ref name="Eliason"/> frequently known as '''A. B. Anderson''',<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/search/#query=%22Judge+A+B+Anderson%22&dr_year=1902-1938 Newspaper mentions of Judge A. B. Anderson]</ref> was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana.
==Education and career==
Albert Barnes Anderson was born on February 10, 1857, in Zionsville, Indiana. His parents were Emma A. and Philander Anderson. Anderson received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Wabash College in 1879 and read law in 1881. He earned his LLD in 1907.<ref name="Eliason"/> He was in private practice in Crawfordsville, Indiana from 1881 to 1902, and was prosecuting attorney of Montgomery County, Indiana from 1886 to 1890.<ref name="auto">{{FJC Bio|41|nid=1377176|name=Albert Barnes Anderson<!--(1857–1938)-->}}</ref>
==Federal judicial service==
Anderson was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt on December 8, 1902,<ref name="Eliason"/> to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Indiana vacated by Judge John Baker. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 8, 1902, and received his commission the same day. He held the position for 23 years, with his service being terminated on January 13, 1925, due to his elevation to the Seventh Circuit.<ref name="Eliason"/><ref name="auto"/>
Anderson was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge on January 2, 1925, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated by Judge Francis E. Baker. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 6, 1925, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on October 30, 1929, and retired that year.<ref name="Eliason"/>
Notable trials that Anderson oversaw included the loan scandal of Warren T. McCray and the United Mine Workers coal strike of 1919.<ref name="Eliason"/>
==Later life and death==
Anderson died in Indianapolis on April 27, 1938. He is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Crawfordsville, Indiana.<ref name="Eliason"/>
===Legacy===
Anderson's correspondence is held in the collection of the Indiana State Library.<ref name="Eliason"/>
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==Sources== * {{FJC Bio|41|nid=1377176|name=Albert Barnes Anderson<!--(1857–1938)-->}}
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