# Samuel Alschuler > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Samuel_Alschuler > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Samuel_Alschuler.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Alschuler > Source revision: 1348316193 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American judge (1859–1939)}} {{About|Samuel Alschuler, a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals|Washington state and California businessman|Samuel Altshuler}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Samuel Alschuler | honorific_suffix = | image = ALSCHULER, SAMUEL. JUDGE LCCN2016861365.jpg | alt = | caption = | office = [Senior Judge](/source/Senior_status) of the [United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit](/source/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Seventh_Circuit) | term_start = May 15, 1936 | term_end = November 9, 1939 | office1 = Judge of the [United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit](/source/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Seventh_Circuit) | term_start1 = August 16, 1915 | term_end1 = May 15, 1936 | nominator1 = | appointer1 = [Woodrow Wilson](/source/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Woodrow_Wilson) | predecessor1 = [Peter S. Grosscup](/source/Peter_S._Grosscup) | successor1 = [Walter Emanuel Treanor](/source/Walter_Emanuel_Treanor) | pronunciation = | birth_name = Samuel Alschuler | birth_date = {{Birth date|1859|11|20}} | birth_place = [Chicago](/source/Chicago), [Illinois](/source/Illinois), U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1939|11|09|1859|11|20}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) | other_party = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = [George Alschuler](/source/George_W._Alschuler) (brother) | education = [Read law](/source/Read_law) | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Samuel Alschuler''' (November 20, 1859 – November 9, 1939) was a [United States circuit judge](/source/United_States_federal_judge) of the [United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit](/source/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Seventh_Circuit). ==Early life== Samuel Alschuler was born November 20, 1859 [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois). A member of a [civically-engaged family](/source/List_of_United_States_political_families_(A)) German-Jewish family, his brother [George](/source/George_W._Alschuler) also served in the [Illinois House of Representatives](/source/Illinois_House_of_Representatives) and another brother, Benjamin, was a judge of the [Illinois Court of Claims](/source/Illinois_Court_of_Claims).{{cite book|title=History of the Seventh Circuit, 1891-1941|first=Rayman L.|last=Solomon|publisher=Bicentennial Committee Judicial Conference of the United States|year=1981|access-date=December 28, 2023|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BoUbISP-uX8C|via=[Google Books](/source/Google_Books)}} Alschuler was raised in [Aurora, Illinois](/source/Aurora%2C_Illinois). After graduating from Aurora High School, Alschuler spent some time as a general store clerk, he [read law](/source/read_law) and was admitted to the Illinois Bar. ==Legal and political career== Alschuler worked in private practice in [Aurora](/source/Aurora%2C_Illinois), in partnership with J. C. Murphy, a former US Attorney for the District of Dakota Territory, under the firm name of Alschuler & Murphy.{{cite book|last=Pickerring|first=J. L.|title=Official Directory of the General Assembly of Illinois, 1897|page=36|publisher=Press of the Illinois State Register|location=[Springfield, Illinois](/source/Springfield%2C_Illinois)|year=1897|access-date=September 8, 2022|url=http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/bb/id/45036/rec/2}} In the [1892 United States House of Representatives elections](/source/1892_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections), Alschuler was the [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) nominee for [Illinois's 5th congressional district](/source/Illinois's_5th_congressional_district), which was a staunchly [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))-voting district anchored by [Kane County](/source/Kane_County%2C_Illinois). After Alschuler lost his 1892 congressional race, Governor [John Peter Altgeld](/source/John_Peter_Altgeld) appointed him a member of the State Commission of Claims on July 15, 1893.{{cite book|title=Official Directory of the General Assembly of Illinois, 1897|page=99|access-date=March 31, 2024|url=http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/bb/id/45079/rec/2}} He was elected to the [Illinois House of Representatives](/source/Illinois_House_of_Representatives) in the 1896 general election. In his first term, Alschuler served in a role analogous to a floor leader. In his second term, he was the chairman of the Democratic Steering Committee.{{cite book|last=Pickering|first=J. L.|title=Official Directory of the General Assembly of Illinois, 1899|year=1899|publisher=Press of the Illinois State Register|access-date=March 31, 2024|location=[Springfield, Illinois](/source/Springfield%2C_Illinois)|page=55|url=http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/bb/id/45589/rec/1}} In [1900 Illinois gubernatorial election](/source/1900_Illinois_gubernatorial_election), Alschuler was the Democratic nominee against Republican candidate [Richard Yates Jr.](/source/Richard_Yates_Jr.) Yates defeated Alschuler by a narrow 5.43% margin.{{cite book |author=Compiled by James A. Rose, Secretary of State |author-link=James A. Rose |date=1900 |title=Official vote of the State of Illinois cast at the General Election, November 6, 1900|url=https://archive.org/details/stateofillinoiso1888illi/page/n327/mode/2up |location=Springfield, Illinois |publisher=Phillips Bros., State Printers}} Shortly after the gubernatorial election, he was the Democratic nominee for appointment by the [Illinois General Assembly](/source/Illinois_General_Assembly) in [January 1901](/source/1900%E2%80%9301_United_States_Senate_elections) to the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate). However, the Republican Party held a state senate majority, and re-elected Republican incumbent [Shelby Moore Cullom](/source/Shelby_Moore_Cullom) to serve another six-year term.{{cite book | title=The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1902 | publisher=[The Tribune Association](/source/The_Tribune_Association) | location = [New York](/source/New_York_City) | date = 1902 | ref = {{sfnRef | Tribune Almanac (1902)}} | page=297 | url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015065248505;seq=309}} Alschuler continued in private practice in Chicago until 1915.{{FJC Bio|33|nid=1377136|name=Samuel Alschuler}}'Official Directory of the General Assembly of Illinois 1897,' Biographical Sketch of Samuel Alschuler, pg. 36 ==Federal judicial service== Alschuler received a [recess appointment](/source/recess_appointment) from President [Woodrow Wilson](/source/Woodrow_Wilson) on August 16, 1915, to a seat on the [United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit](/source/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Seventh_Circuit) vacated by Judge [Peter S. Grosscup](/source/Peter_S._Grosscup). He was nominated to the same position by President Wilson on January 7, 1916. He was confirmed by the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) on January 18, 1916, and received his commission the same day. He was a member of the [Conference of Senior Circuit Judges](/source/Judicial_Conference_of_the_United_States) (now the [Judicial Conference of the United States](/source/Judicial_Conference_of_the_United_States)) from 1924 to 1934. On May 7, 1935, Congressman [Everett Dirksen](/source/Everett_Dirksen) (a Republican from Illinois) offered a resolution, H.R. Res. 214, to launch an [impeachment inquiry](/source/Impeachment_inquiry_in_the_United_States) into possibility of bringing [impeachment](/source/Federal_impeachment_in_the_United_States) charges against Alschuler. Dirksen delivered long remarks to the Senate, accusing Alschuler of having acted improperly in a 1934 case he presided over by showing bias and partiality in favor of several parties (the [Pullman Company](/source/Pullman_Company), Safety Co, [Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne Sr.](/source/Edward_Fitzsimmons_Dunne_Sr.), Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne Jr.) and against the Marshall Electric Company. The resolution was referred to the Judiciary Committee.{{cite web |title=79 Cong. Rec. 7 |url=https://www.congress.gov/74/crecb/1935/05/07/GPO-CRECB-1935-pt7-v79-2-2.pdf |website=Congress.gov |access-date=20 April 2025 |pages=7081–7089 |date=1935}} A week later, the House adopted a resolution, H.R. Res. 220, granting the Judiciary Committee authority to hold hearings.Id. at 7393. Alschuler assumed [senior status](/source/senior_status) on May 15, 1936. His service terminated on November 9, 1939, due to his death. ==Other service== Alschuler was appointed to arbitrate between meatpacking unions in Chicago and employers after the President's Mediation Commission intervened in November 1917.McCartin, Joseph A.''Labor's Great War: The Struggle for Industrial Democracy and the Origins of Modern American Labor Relations, 1912-1921''. The University of North Carolina Press. 1997. p. 83 From 1922 to 1923, Alschuler served on the new [Federal Coal Commission](/source/Federal_Coal_Commission).{{cite news| title = Huge. Distillery with Tuinel Feature Discovered on Police Raid--Explorer Cook Arrested| publisher = Chicago Tribune| url = http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1923/02/02/page/38/article/huge-distillery-with-tunnel-feature-discovered-on-police-raid-explorer-cook-arrested#text| date = February 2, 1923| access-date = July 18, 2017}} ==See also== * [Federal Coal Commission](/source/Federal_Coal_Commission) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Sources== * {{FJC Bio|33|nid=1377136|name=Samuel Alschuler}} ==External links== *{{Find a Grave|8767108}} {{s-start}} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=[John Peter Altgeld](/source/John_Peter_Altgeld)}} {{s-ttl|title=[Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) nominee for [Governor of Illinois](/source/Governor_of_Illinois)|years=[1900](/source/1900_Illinois_gubernatorial_election)}} {{s-aft|after=[Lawrence B. Stringer](/source/Lawrence_B._Stringer)}} {{s-legal}} {{s-bef|before=[Peter S. 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