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Line 1: {{Short description\|American judge}} ~~[[File:George A. Carpenter cph.3c30103.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|George A. Carpenter]]~~ {{Infobox judge '''George Albert Carpenter''' (October 2, 1867 – September 13, 1944) was a [[United States federal judge]].▼ \| honorific-prefix = \| name = George Albert Carpenter \| honorific-suffix = \| image = George A. Carpenter cph.3c30103.jpg \| alt = \| caption = \| office = Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois]] \| term_start = January 11, 1910 \| term_end = June 30, 1933 \| nominator = \| appointer = [[List of federal judges appointed by William Howard Taft\|William Howard Taft]] \| predecessor = [[Solomon H. Bethea]] \| successor = [[William Harrison Holly]] \| pronunciation = \| birth_name = George Albert Carpenter \| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1867\|10\|02}} \|~~PLACE~~ OFbirth_place ~~BIRTH~~= [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]▼ \| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1944\|09\|13\|1867\|10\|02}} \|~~PLACE~~ OFdeath_place ~~DEATH~~= [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]▼ \| death_cause = \| resting_place = \| resting_place_coordinates = \| citizenship = \| nationality = \| party = \| otherparty = \| height = \| spouse = \| partner = \| relations = \| children = \| parents = \| mother = \| father = \| relatives = \| residence = \| education = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts\|B.A.]])<br>[[Harvard Law School]] ([[Bachelor of Laws\|LL.B.]]) \| alma_mater = \| occupation = \| profession = \| known_for = \| salary = \| net_worth = \| cabinet = \| committees = \| portfolio = \| awards = \| signature = \| signature_alt = \| website = <!--Embedded templates / Footnotes--> \| footnotes = }}▼ ▲'''George Albert Carpenter''' (October 2, 1867 – September 13, 1944) was a [[United States federal judge\|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois]]. Carpenter was born in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts\|B.A.]] from [[Harvard University]] in 1888 and an [[LL.B.]] from [[Harvard Law School]] in 1891. He was in private practice in Chicago from 1891 to 1905. In 1906, he became a judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Carpenter was nominated to a seat on the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois]] by President [[William H. Taft]] on December 13, 1909. He was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on January 11, 1910, and received his commission the same day.▼ ==Education and career== Carpenter was the judge who presided over the trial of [[Jack Johnson (boxer)\|Jack Johnson]] under the [[Mann Act]] and passed sentence.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.pbs.org/unforgivableblackness/knockout/ \|title=Knockout: Failing to Defeat Him in the Ring, His Enemies take to the Courts \|work=Unforgivable Blackness \|publisher=PBS.org \|accessdate=17 December 2012}}</ref>▼ ▲~~Carpenter was born~~Born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]., HeCarpenter received a [[Bachelor of Arts~~\|B.A.~~]] degree from [[Harvard University]] in 1888 and ana [[~~LL.B.~~Bachelor of Laws]] from [[Harvard Law School]] in 1891. He was in private practice in Chicago from 1891 to 1905. In 1906, he became a ~~judge~~Judge of the Circuit Court of [[Cook County~~. Carpenter was nominated to a seat on the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of~~, Illinois]]\|Cook ~~by President [[William H. Taft~~County]], ~~on December 13~~Illinois, ~~1909.~~serving ~~He was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on January 11,~~until 1910,.<ref ~~and~~name="auto">{{FJC ~~received~~Bio\|379\|nid=1378856\|name=George ~~his~~Albert ~~commission the same day.~~Carpenter<!--(1867–1944)-->}}</ref> ~~He resigned on June 30, 1933, and returned to private practice in Chicago, where he died in 1944.~~ ==Federal judicial service== Carpenter was nominated by President [[William Howard Taft]] on December 13, 1909, to a seat on the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois]] vacated by Judge [[Solomon H. Bethea]]. He was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on January 11, 1910, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on June 30, 1933, due to his resignation.<ref name="auto"/> ===Notable case=== ▲Carpenter ~~was the judge who~~ presided over the trial of [[Jack Johnson (boxer)\|Jack Johnson]] under the [[Mann Act]] and passed sentence.<ref>{{cite web \|url=~~http~~https://www.pbs.org/unforgivableblackness/knockout/ \|title=Knockout: Failing to Defeat Him in the Ring, His Enemies take to the Courts \|work=Unforgivable Blackness \|publisher=PBS.org \|accessdate=17 December 2012}}</ref> ==Later career and death== Following his resignation from the federal bench, Carpenter returned to private practice in Chicago from 1933 to 1944. He died on September 13, 1944, Chicago.<ref name="auto"/> ==References== * {{~~FJC Bio\|379~~Reflist}} ~~{{reflist}}~~ ==Sources== * {{FJC Bio\|379\|nid=1378856\|name=George Albert Carpenter<!--(1867–1944)-->}} {{s-start}} {{s-legal}} {{s-bef\|before=[[Solomon ~~Hicks~~H. Bethea]]}} {{s-ttl\|title={{nowrap\|Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois]]}}\|years=1910–1933}} {{s-aft\|after=[[William Harrison Holly]]}} {{s-end}} Line 21 ⟶ 88: {{Portal\|Biography}} {{authority control}} ~~<!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] -->~~ ~~{{Persondata~~ ~~\|NAME=Carpenter, George Albert~~ ~~\|ALTERNATIVE NAMES=~~ ~~\|SHORT DESCRIPTION=[[United States federal judge]]~~ ~~\|DATE OF BIRTH=October 2, 1867~~ ▲\|PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Chicago, Illinois]] ~~\|DATE OF DEATH=September 13, 1944~~ ▲\|PLACE OF DEATH=[[Chicago, Illinois]] ▲}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Carpenter, George Albert}} [[Category:1867 births]] Line 37 ⟶ 96: [[Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois]] [[Category:United States district court judges appointed by William Howard Taft]] [[Category:~~Harvard~~19th-century ~~Law~~American ~~School alumni~~lawyers]] [[Category:20th-century American judges]] [[Category:20th-century American lawyers]] [[Category:Lawyers from Chicago]] [[Category:Harvard University alumni]] [[Category:Harvard Law School alumni]]