Albert Barnes Anderson

Albert Barnes Anderson was born on February 10, 1857 in Zionsville, Indiana. His parents were Emma A. and Philander Anderson. Anderson received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Wabash College in 1879 and read law in 1881. He earned his LLD in 1907.[1] He was in private practice in Crawfordsville, Indiana from 1881 to 1902, and was prosecuting attorney of Montgomery County, Indiana from 1886 to 1890.[2]

Anderson was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt on December 8, 1902,[1] to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Indiana vacated by Judge John Harris Baker. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 8, 1902, and received his commission the same day. He held the position for 23 years, with his service being terminated on January 13, 1925, due to his elevation to the Seventh Circuit.[1][2]

Anderson was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge on January 2, 1925, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated by Judge Francis Elisha Baker. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 6, 1925, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on October 30, 1929 and retired that year.[1]

Notable trials that Anderson oversaw included the loan scandal of Warren T. McCray and the United Mine Workers coal strike of 1919.[1]

Anderson died in Indianapolis on April 27, 1938. He is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Crawfordsville, Indiana.[1]

• Albert Barnes Anderson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.