Jacob Trieber (October 6, 1853 – September 17, 1927) was a
United States district judge
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of the
.
Education and career
Born on October 6, 1853, in
Raschkow,
German Confederation
The German Confederation (german: Deutscher Bund, ) was an association of 39 predominantly German-speaking sovereign states in Central Europe. It was created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 as a replacement of the former Holy Roman Empire, w ...
(now
Raszków,
Poland
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), Trieber was the
United States Attorney
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for the Eastern District of Arkansas from 1897 to 1900.
Federal judicial service
Trieber received a
recess appointment
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from President
William McKinley
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on July 26, 1900, to a seat on the
vacated by Judge
John A. Williams
John Alfred Williams (December 5, 1925 – July 3, 2015) was an African American author, journalist, and academic. His novel ''The Man Who Cried I Am'' was a bestseller in 1967. Also a poet, he won an American Book Award for his 1998 collection ' ...
. He was nominated to the same position by President McKinley on December 4, 1900. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...
on January 9, 1901, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated due to his death at his daughter's home in
Scarsdale, New York
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on September 17, 1927.
During his tenure, Judge Trieber heard civil rights cases, and became unpopular in the white community for holding that federal law permitted protection of African Americans.
Trieber was the first
Jewish person to serve as a United States federal judge.
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Honor
In 2016, the federal courthouse in Helena–West Helena, Arkansas
Helena–West Helena is the county seat of and the largest city within Phillips County, Arkansas, United States.["Phill ...](_blank)
was renamed in Trieber's honor.
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1853 births
1927 deaths
American Jews
United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of Arkansas
Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
United States federal judges appointed by William McKinley
German emigrants to the United States