Christian Cecil Kohlsaat

Personal

Birthday: 
1/8/1844
Birthplace: 
near Albion, IL
Date of Death: 
5/11/1918
Place of Death: 
Chicago, IL
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1867-1890
Engrossing clerk, Illinois General Assembly, 1871-1872
Member, West Park Commission, Chicago, Illinois
Judge, Cook County [Illinois] Probate Court, 1890-1899

Education

Name of School: 
Old University of Chicago
Name of School - Second: 

Northwestern University School of Law

At Northwestern Law we go beyond teaching the basics of legal reasoning to enable our students to make sound and ethical judgements, understand and improve the delivery of justice, and respond to the changing contexts in which law and legal institutions operate. Accordingly, the overarching goal of our curricular plan is to empower our graduates to adapt to and master the challenges of the changing world better than those of any other law school.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Name of School - Third: 
Read law
Degree Year - Third: 
1867

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Court Name: 

Illinois Northern District Court

President Nominating: 
William McKinley
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
02/28/1899
Termination Date: 
3/24/1905
Termination Reason: 
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. Circuit Courts for the Seventh Circuit
Commission Date - Second: 
3/18/1905
Termination Date - Second: 
12/31/1911
Termination Reason - Second: 
Abolition of Court
Court Name - Third: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Court Name - Third: 

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Third: 
3/18/1905
Termination Date - Third: 
5/11/1918
Termination Reason - Third: 
Death