John Peter Barnes

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John Peter Barnes (1881-1959) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

He was nominated by President Herbert Hoover on February 26, 1931 to a seat created by 46 Stat. 1417. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 2nd of that year, and received commission on March 4th. From 1948 to 1957, he was the chief judge. On September 15, 1957, he assumed senior status. He continued to serve in this capacity until December 31, 1958, when he resigned.^[1] Barnes was succeeded in this position by Julius Miner.

Early life and education[edit]

• Geneva College, B.S., 1904
• University of Michigan Law School, LL.B., 1907^[1]

Professional career[edit]

• Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1907-1913
• First assistant county attorney, Cook County, Illinois, 1913-1914
• Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1914-1931
• Basset hound breeder, co-owner, Barook Kennels, 1957-1959^[1]

Judicial career[edit]

Northern District of Illinois[edit]

Barnes was nominated by President Herbert Hoover on February 26, 1931 to a seat created by 46 Stat. 1417. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 2nd of that year, and received commission on March 4th. From 1948 to 1957, he was the chief judge. On September 15, 1957, he assumed senior status. He continued to serve in this capacity until December 31, 1958, when he resigned.^[1] Barnes was succeeded in this position by Julius Miner.

External links[edit]

• Judge Barnes's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes[edit]

v • e Federal judges nominated by Herbert Hoover
1929	Avis • Byers • Caffey • Coxe, Jr. • Galston • Gardner • Glenn • Hopkins • Lenroot • Littleton • McDermott • Phillips • Sparks • Watson • Wheat • Wilbur • Wilson • Williams • Woolsey • Wyman
1930	Adkins • Bryant • Cosgrave • Cox • Hincks • Hughes • Hutcheson • Luhring • Nields • Patterson • Roberts • Sibley • Thompson • Whaley • Wheat
1931	Barnes • Chesnut • Evans • Fee • Groner • Hincks • Hitz • Hollzer • Kennamer • Kennerly • Kincheloe • Knight • Letts • McMillan • Morton • Nordbye • O'Brien • O'Donoghue • Paul, Jr. • Proctor • Sames • Sanborn • Sawtelle • Soper • Strum • Underwood • Way
1932	Briggle • Cardozo • Dallinger • Forman • Johnson • Joyce • McLellan • Simons • Welsh

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Active judges	Chief Judge: Rebecca Pallmeyer   •  Robert Dow  •  Virginia Kendall  •  Charles Norgle  •  Sharon Coleman  •  Gary Feinerman  •  Edmond E. Chang  •  Jorge L. Alonso  •  Franklin U. Valderrama  •  John Z. Lee  •  John Tharp, Jr.  •  Thomas M. Durkin  •  Mary Rowland  •  Sara Lee Ellis  •  Andrea R. Wood  •  Manish Shah  •  Iain D. Johnston  •  John Robert Blakey  •  Martha Pacold  •  Steven Seeger  •  John Kness
Senior judges	Marvin Aspen  •  Elaine Bucklo  •  Suzanne Conlon  •  Robert Gettleman  •  Joan Gottschall  •  Ronald Guzman  •  William Hart  •  Frederick Kapala  •  Matthew Kennelly  •  Charles Kocoras  •  Joan Lefkow  •  Harry Leinenweber  •  George Marovich  •  Philip Reinhard  •  James Zagel  •
Magistrate judges	Jeffrey Cole  •  Susan Cox  •  Maria Valdez  •  Sheila Finnegan  •  Jeffrey Gilbert  •  Young Kim (Illinois)  •  Daniel G. Martin  •  David Weisman  •  Jeffrey Cummings  •  Gabriel Fuentes  •  Sunil Harjani  •  Lisa Jensen  •  Beth Jantz  •  Heather McShain  •  Margaret Schneider  •
Former Article III judges	James Holderman  •  Wayne Andersen  •  Ruben Castillo  •  David Coar  •  John Darrah  •  Samuel Der-Yeghiayan  •  John F. Grady  •  William Hibbler  •  George Lindberg  •  Blanche Manning  •  James B. Moran  •  John Nordberg  •  Ann Williams (Federal judge)  •  Paul Plunkett  •  Joel Flaum  •  Brian Duff  •  Ilana Rovner  •  Mark Filip  •  Milton Shadur  •  Thomas Drummond  •  Henry Williams Blodgett  •  William Bauer  •  Philip Tone  •  Peter Stenger Grosscup  •  Christian Cecil Kohlsaat  •  Solomon Hicks Bethea  •  Kenesaw Mountain Landis  •  George Albert Carpenter  •  Adam Cliffe  •  James Herbert Wilkerson  •  John Peter Barnes  •  George Johnson (Illinois)  •  William Harrison Holly  •  Philip Leo Sullivan  •  Michael Igoe  •  William Lynch (Illinois)  •  James Alesia  •  Richard Austin  •  Nicholas Bua  •  William Campbell (Illinois)  •  John Crowley (Illinois)  •  Bernard Decker  •  Susan Getzendanner  •  Julius Hoffman  •  Alfred Kirkland  •  Winfred Knoch  •  Walter LaBuy  •  George Leighton  •  Abraham Marovitz  •  Prentice Marshall  •  Frank McGarr  •  Richard McLaren  •  Thomas McMillen  •  Julius Miner  •  Alexander Napoli  •  James B. Parsons  •  Joseph Perry (Illinois)  •  Edwin Robson  •  Stanley Roszkowski  •  Elwyn Shaw  •  Hubert Will  •  Charles Woodward  •
Former Chief judges	Marvin Aspen  •  Ruben Castillo  •  John F. Grady  •  Charles Kocoras  •  James B. Moran  •  John Peter Barnes  •  Philip Leo Sullivan  •  William Campbell (Illinois)  •  Frank McGarr  •  James B. Parsons  •  Edwin Robson  •