Louis FitzHenry

Louis Fitzhenry (June 13, 1870 - November 18, 1935) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, Fitzhenry attended the public and high schools of Bloomington. He engaged in journalism. He was graduated from the law department of Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington in 1897. He was admitted to the bar in 1897 and commenced practice in Bloomington, Illinois. City attorney of Bloomington 1907-1911. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress.

Fitzhenry was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Bloomington. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election as a justice of the State supreme court in 1915. He was appointed United States district judge for the southern district of Illinois July 1, 1918, serving until October 3, 1933, when he was appointed a judge of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh District, in which capacity he served until his death in Normal, Illinois, November 18, 1935. He was interred in Bloomington Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois.

References

• United States Congress. "Louis FitzHenry (id: F000172)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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