John Elbert Sater
United States federal judge
John Elbert Sater (January 16, 1854 – July 18, 1937) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Education and career
Born near New Haven, Hamilton County, Ohio, Sater entered Miami University in 1871, then transferred to and received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Marietta College in 1875 and an Artium Magister degree from the same institution in 1878. He read law to enter the bar in 1884. He received Legum Doctor degrees from Marietta College in 1910 and from Miami University in 1911.
Sater was the Superintendent of Schools of Wauseon, Ohio from 1875 to 1881, also serving as a county school examiner for that jurisdiction. He was the chief clerk of the Office of State Commissioner of Common Schools from 1881 to 1884, and a member of the Board of Education in Columbus, Ohio from 1885 to 1890, serving as its President from 1888 to 1889. He went into private practice in Columbus starting in 1884, and returned to private practice after retirement as a federal judge in 1924.
Federal judicial service
Sater received a recess appointment from President Theodore Roosevelt on March 18, 1907, to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, to a new seat authorized by 34 Stat. 928. He was nominated to the same position by President Roosevelt on December 3, 1907.
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