Herbert William Christenberry

American judge (1897–1975)

Herbert William Christenberry (December 11, 1897 – October 5, 1975) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana .

Education and career

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Born in New Orleans , Louisiana , Christenberry attended New York University and was in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1918 during World War I . In 1924, he obtained a Bachelor of Laws from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law . He was in private practice in New Orleans from 1924 to 1933. He was an assistant attorney of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans from 1933 to 1935. He was a deputy commissioner on the Louisiana Debt Moratorium Commission in 1935, and from 1935 to 1937 was an assistant district attorney of Orleans Parish . He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1937 to 1942, and was then the United States Attorney for that district from 1942 to 1947.

Federal judicial service

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Christenberry was nominated by President Harry S. Truman on July 11, 1947, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana vacated by Judge Adrian Joseph Caillouet . He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 18, 1947, and received his commission on December 20, 1947. He served as Chief Judge from 1949 to 1967. His service terminated on October 5, 1975, due to his death in Kentwood , Louisiana.

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   Herbert William Christenberry at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

Sources

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• Herbert William Christenberry at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

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