George W. English

George W. English

George Washington English, Sr. (May 9, 1866, near Vienna, Illinois - July 1941, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) was a United States District Court judge for the Eastern District of Illinois.

English received an LL.B. from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1891. He was Chief deputy sheriff, Johnson County, Illinois, 1891-1892. Engaged in private law practice, Vienna, Illinois, 1893-1912 and was city attorney of Vienna for a time. George English married and his son, George Washington English, Jr. was born in 1898. He served in the Illinois House of Representatives, 1907-1912. Engaged in private practice, Centralia, Illinois, 1912-1914 and was a Special income tax attorney with the U.S. Treasury Department, 1914-1918

He was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on April 22, 1918, to a seat vacated by Francis M. Wright. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 3, 1918, and received commission on the same day.

He was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives in 1926 for abusive treatment of lawyers and litigants appearing before him. He resigned from office on November 4, 1926, before his trial began. The U.S. Senate subsequently dismissed the charges against him.

John T. Rogers of "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" won the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Reporting with his coverage of the inquiry leading to English's impeachment.

Following his departure from the Illinois court, Judge English moved to South Florida, where his son, also a lawyer, had begun his law career with the firm that became Hall, Johnson & English. At the time, Fort Lauderdale, Florida was trying to recover from a devastating 1926 hurricane. The former judge assisted his son for 14 years until his death at age 75.

References

* [http://www.justicelearning.org/justice_timeline/ArticlesTimeline.aspx?id=4&Section=18&TimelineEventID=1478 Justice Learning Timeline]
* [http://128.91.58.209/Articles/19261105_EnglishResign.pdf "The New York Times", November 5, 1926]
* [http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=709 Biography from the Federal Judiciary Center]


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