Louis FitzHenry

Louis FitzHenry (January 13, 1870 – November 18, 1935) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Bloomington, Illinois, FitzHenry received an LL.B. from Illinois Wesleyan University Law School in 1897. He was in private practice in Bloomington, Illinois from 1897 to 1907, and was city attorney of Bloomington from 1907 to 1911. He was a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1913 to 1915, returning to private practice in Bloomington, Illinois from 1915 to 1918.

On July 1, 1918, FitzHenry was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois vacated by J. Otis Humphrey. FitzHenry was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 6, 1918, and received his commission the same day. On June 3, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated FitzHenry for elevation to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated by George True Page. FitzHenry was confirmed to this seat by the United States Senate on June 10, 1933, and received his commission on June 16, 1933. He served in that capacity until his death, in Normal, Illinois.

Sources

• Louis FitzHenry at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.