John R. Bartels

John R. Bartels
John R. Bartels
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
	In office; December 31, 1973 – February 13, 1997
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
	In office; July 30, 1959 – December 31, 1973
Appointed by	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Robert Alexander Inch
Succeeded by	Henry Bramwell
Personal details
Born	John Ries Bartels; November 8, 1897; Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died	February 13, 1997 (aged 99); Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Residence	Brooklyn Heights
Education	Johns Hopkins University (A.B.); Harvard Law School (LL.B.)

John Ries Bartels (November 8, 1897 – February 13, 1997) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Education and career

Born on November 8, 1897, in Baltimore, Maryland, Bartels received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1920 from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Laws in 1923 from Harvard Law School. He served in the United States Army in 1918. He entered private practice in New York City, New York from 1925 to 1959. He was a member of the New York State Law Review Commission from 1945 to 1950 and again from 1952 to 1957. He was a Justice of the New York Supreme Court for Kings County from 1950 to 1951.^[2]

Bartels was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on April 20, 1959, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York vacated by Judge Robert Alexander Inch. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 28, 1959, and received his commission on July 30, 1959. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1973. His service terminated on February 13, 1997, due to his death in Brooklyn, New York.^[2]

^ Rasmussen, Fred. "John Bartels, 99, nation's oldest sitting federal judge", The Baltimore Sun, February 20, 1997. Accessed January 6, 2019. "John R. Bartels, a senior federal judge of the Eastern District of New York and former Baltimorean, died Feb. 13 of heart failure in Brooklyn, N.Y.... He made his home in Brooklyn Heights."
^ ^a ^b John Ries Bartels at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Robert Alexander Inch	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York 1959–1973	Succeeded by Henry Bramwell