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Elmer Bragg Adams

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1895–1905

Elmer Bragg Adams , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Elmer Bragg Adams (October 27, 1842 – October 24, 1916) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Education

  • Yale CollegeB.A., 1865
  • Harvard Law School1868

Career

Teacher, American Union Commission, Georgia, 1865-1866; Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 1866-1879, 1884-1895; Judge, Circuit Court of Missouri, St. Louis Circuit, 1879-1884

Biography

Elmer Bragg Adams (October 27, 1842 – October 24, 1916) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

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