Background
WHAM, Fred L. was born on June 15, 1884 in nr. Salem, Marion Company, 111. Son of Henderson Boyakin and Nancy Jane (Stonecipher) Wham.
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Fred L. Wham
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University of Illinois system. University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Career
Born in Marion County, Illinois, Wham received an Bachelor of Laws from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1909. He was in private practice in Fort Smith and Fayetteville, Arkansas from 1909 to 1915. He was an Assistant solicitor, United States. Department of Agriculture, Washington, District of Columbia from 1915 to 1917.
He was in private practice in Centralia, Illinois from 1917 to 1927.
Wham was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois. Wham was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge on February 26, 1927, to a seat vacated by George West. English.
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 1, 1927, and received his commission the same day. He served as chief judge from 1949-1956.
He assumed senior status on March 3, 1956.
Wham served in that capacity until his death.
Membership
Member: 111. and American Bar Associations. Knight Templar; Elks. Masons, 32'°; Shrine.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Clubs: Rotary, Meadow Woods Country (Centralia, 111.).
Connections
Spouse Carrie Clifton Hitch.
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United States