Franklin Elmore Kennamer (January 12, 1879 – May 1, 1960) was a justice of the

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and a

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of the

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and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

Education and career

Born to Seaborn F. Kennamer (1830–1915) and his wife, Nancy Elizabeth Mitchell Kennamer (1848–1898) on January 12, 1879, in Kennamer Cove, Marshall County, Alabama, Kennamer

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in 1905. He was a

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in the

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during the

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. He was the city attorney of Madill, Oklahoma from 1915 to 1916. He was the Mayor of Madill from 1919 to 1920. He was a justice of the

from 1920 to 1924.

Federal judicial service

Kennamer was nominated by President

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on January 28, 1924, to the

, to a new seat authorized by 42 Stat. 837. He was confirmed by the

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on February 19, 1924, and received his commission the same day. Kennamer was reassigned by

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to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma on February 16, 1925, to a new seat authorized by 43 Stat. 945. He assumed

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due to a certified disability on June 1, 1940. His service terminated on May 1, 1960, due to his death in

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. He was interred in Chelsea Cemetery in

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