{{short description|American politician (1869–1947)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Fenton Whitlock Booth | honorific_suffix = | image = Fenton Whitlock Booth.jpg | alt = | caption = | office = Senior Judge of the Court of Claims | term_start = June 15, 1939 | term_end = July 26, 1947 | office1 = Chief Justice of the Court of Claims | term_start1 = April 18, 1928 | term_end1 = June 15, 1939 | nominator1 = | appointer1 = Calvin Coolidge | predecessor1 = Edward Kernan Campbell | successor1 = Richard S. Whaley | office2 = Judge of the Court of Claims | term_start2 = March 17, 1905 | term_end2 = April 23, 1928 | nominator2 = | appointer2 = Theodore Roosevelt | predecessor2 = Francis Marion Wright | successor2 = Nicholas J. Sinnott | pronunciation = | birth_name = Fenton Whitlock Booth | birth_date = {{Birth date|1869|05|12}} | birth_place = Marshall, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1947|07|26|1869|05|12}} | death_place = Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = | other_party = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = Newton Booth | education = DePauw University<br>University of Michigan Law School (LL.B.) | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!--Embedded templates / Footnotes--> | footnotes = }}
'''Fenton Whitlock Booth''' (May 12, 1869 – July 26, 1947) was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives and later chief justice of the Court of Claims.
==Education and career==
Born on May 12, 1869, in Marshall, Clark County, Illinois,<ref name="fjc.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/booth-fenton-whitlock|title=Booth, Fenton Whitlock - Federal Judicial Center|website=www.fjc.gov}}</ref> Booth attended DePauw University,<ref name="fjc.gov"/> where he was a member of Delta Upsilon,{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}} and received a Bachelor of Laws in 1892 from the University of Michigan Law School.<ref name="fjc.gov"/> He entered private practice in Marshall from 1892 to 1905.<ref name="fjc.gov"/> He was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1896 to 1898.<ref name="fjc.gov"/> He was a delegate to the 1904 Republican National Convention.<ref name=pg/> He was dean of Howard University Law School from 1922 to 1930.<ref name="fjc.gov"/> He was a professor at the National University Law School (now George Washington University Law School) from 1931 to 1938.<ref>Alfred Findlay Mason, Samuel Epes Turner, ''American Law School Review'' (1934), p. 86.</ref> He was a professor at Southeastern University in Washington, D.C.<ref name="fjc.gov"/> He refused to accept remuneration for any of his academic service.<ref>Marion Tinsley Bennett, Wilson Cowen, Philip Nichols, ''The United States Court of Claims: The Judges, 1855-1976'' (1978), p. 104.</ref> He was Chairman of Board #10 of the Office of Price Administration in Indianapolis, Indiana.<ref name="fjc.gov"/>
==Federal judicial service==
Booth was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt on March 14, 1905, to a seat on the Court of Claims (later the United States Court of Claims) vacated by Judge Francis Marion Wright.<ref name="fjc.gov"/> He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 17, 1905, and received his commission the same day.<ref name="fjc.gov"/> His service terminated on April 23, 1928, due to his elevation to be Chief Justice of the same court.<ref name="fjc.gov"/>
Booth was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge on April 18, 1928, to the Chief Justice seat on the Court of Claims vacated by Chief Justice Edward Kernan Campbell.<ref name="fjc.gov"/> He was confirmed by the Senate on April 18, 1928, and received his commission the same day.<ref name="fjc.gov"/> He assumed senior status on June 15, 1939.<ref name="fjc.gov"/> His service terminated on July 26, 1947, due to his death in Indianapolis.<ref name=pg>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/booth.html#RN10L4OFF|title=The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Booth|author=Lawrence Kestenbaum|work=politicalgraveyard.com}}</ref>
==Personal==
Booth was the nephew of California political figure Newton Booth.<ref name=pg/> He was married to Anna Harlan on May 17, 1893. Anna Harlan Booth died on 20 March 1895 (age 24). They had a daughter, Margaret, born March 29, 1894. He married Mabel Dana on December 17, 1896<ref name=pg/> They had 3 daughters, Virginia - born Oct. 4 1898, Marian - April 9, 1900, Louise - 1901.
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==Sources== * {{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/booth-fenton-whitlock|title=Booth, Fenton Whitlock - Federal Judicial Center|website=www.fjc.gov}}
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