Background
Carland, John Emmett was born on December 11, 1853 in in Oswego Company, New York, United States. Son of Captain John (United States of America) and Emily C.
Carland, John Emmett was born on December 11, 1853 in in Oswego Company, New York, United States. Son of Captain John (United States of America) and Emily C.
Admitted to bar, 1875. United States district attorney, Dakota Ty., 1885-1888; associate Justice Supreme Court, 1888-1889.
United States district judge District of South Dakot, August 31, 1896-December 12, 1910.
Appointed additional United States circuit judge, December 12, 1910, and designated to serve on United States Commerce Court for 2 years. Assigned to the United States Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, December 26, 1913.
He entered private practice in Bismarck, in what was then Dakota Territory, and was also city attorney of Bismarck and county attorney of Burleigh County. He was the United States. Attorney for the Dakota Territory from 1885 to 1888, and a Justice of the Dakota territorial Supreme Court in 1888 and 1889. Returning to private practice in Sioux Falls, South Dakota from 1889 to 1895, Carland was a delegate to the North Dakota state constitutional convention from Burleigh County in 1889, and also served as a special assistant to the United States. attorney for the District of South Dakota.
On August 31, 1896, Carland received a recess appointment from President Grover Cleveland to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota vacated by Alonzo J. Edgerton.
Formally nominated on December 8, 1896, Carland was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 15, 1896, and received his commission the same day. On December 12, 1910, Carland was nominated by President William H. Taft to a seat on the newly created United States Commerce Court, and to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Both seats were created by 36 Statistics 539, which provided that Commerce Court judges would be simultaneously appointed to one of the United States. Courts of Appeals, and would eventually rotate out of service on the Commerce Court and onto that Court of Appeals.
Carland was confirmed to the joint appointment by the United States Senate on January 31, 1911, and received his commission the same day.
The Commerce Court was abolished on December 13, 1913, and Carland thereafter served on the Eighth Circuit until his death in 1922, in Washington, District of Columbia He was interred at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia
Member North Dakota Constitutional Convention, 1889.
Married Albertine Knaack, September 29, 1884.