Walter Emanuel Treanor (November 17, 1883 – April 26, 1941) was a

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of the

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Education and career

Born in Loogootee,

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, Treanor received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from

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in 1912, a

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from

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in 1922, and a

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from

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in 1927. He was in the

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during

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from 1917 to 1919, achieving the rank of Second Lieutenant. He was a professor of law at Indiana University Maurer School of Law from 1922 to 1930. He was a justice of the

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from 1930 to 1936.

Federal judicial service

On December 11, 1937, Treanor was nominated by President

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to a seat on the

vacated by Judge

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. Treanor was confirmed by the

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on December 21, 1937, and received his commission on December 27, 1937. Treanor served in that capacity until his death on April 26, 1941. He was interred in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Petersburg, Indiana.Linda C. Gugin, James E. St. Clair, ''Justices of the Indiana Supreme Court'' (2010), p. 273.

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