Elwyn Shaw

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Elwyn Riley Shaw (1888-1950) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Shaw was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on March 7, 1944, to a seat vacated by Charles Woodward; he was confirmed by the Senate on May 3, 1944, and received commission on May 9, 1944. He served the Northern District of Illinois until his death on July 18, 1950.

Education

  • University of Michigan Law School, LL.B., 1910

Professional career

  • Private practice, Freeport, Illinois, 1910-
  • Judge, Supreme Court of Illinois, 1933-1942
  • Chief justice, 1938-1939
  • Member, National Railway Labor Panel, 1943

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