Gustavus A. Finkelnburg
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | |
In office December 12, 1905 – March 31, 1907 |
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Appointed by | Theodore Roosevelt |
Preceded by | Elmer Bragg Adams |
Succeeded by | David Patterson Dyer |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 2nd district |
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In office March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873 |
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Preceded by | Carman A. Newcomb |
Succeeded by | Erastus Wells |
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives | |
In office 1864-1868 |
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Personal details | |
Born | Cologne, Germany |
April 6, 1837
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Denver, Colorado, USA |
Political party | Republican, Liberal Republican |
Profession | Politician, Lawyer, Judge |
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʊstaf ˈfɪŋkəlnbʊʁk]; April 6, 1837 – May 18, 1908) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and judge from Missouri.
Biography
Born near Cologne, Germany, Finkelnburg immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1848, settling in St. Charles, Missouri. He attended St. Charles College and graduated from Cincinnati Law School in 1859. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1860, commencing practice in St. Louis, Missouri. During the Civil War, Finkelnburg served as a private in the Union Army and was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1864 to 1868, serving as speaker pro tempore in 1868.
Finkelnberg was elected a Republican and later reelected a Liberal Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1868, serving from 1869 to 1873. He was also the unsuccessful nominee for Governor or Missouri in the 1876 election.
Finkelnburg was a federal judge to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri; Finkelnburg received a recess appointment from Theodore Roosevelt on May 20, 1905, to a seat vacated by Elmer B. Adams. He was formally nominated on December 5, 1905, and was confirmed by the United States Senate and received commission on December 12, 1905. Finkelnburg resigned March 31, 1907. He died in Denver, Colorado on May 18, 1908 and was interred in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.
External links
- Gustavus A. Finkelnburg at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-14
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- Gustavus A. Finkelnburg at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873 |
Succeeded by Erastus Wells |
Legal offices | ||
Preceded by | Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri 1905–1907 |
Succeeded by David Patterson Dyer |
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- People from the Rhine Province
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- American people of German descent
- Missouri Republicans
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri
- Liberal Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri
- Members of the Missouri House of Representatives
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- United States district court judges appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
- Union Army soldiers
- People of Missouri in the American Civil War
- People from St. Charles County, Missouri
- People from St. Louis, Missouri
- University of Cincinnati College of Law alumni
- Burials at Bellefontaine Cemetery
- 19th-century American politicians