Frank Sigel Dietrich was a United States federal judge

United States federal judge

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Born in Franklin County, Kansas

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, Dietrich received an A.B.

Bachelor of Arts

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 from Brown University

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 in 1887 and an A.M.

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 from that institution in 1890. He read law to enter the Bar in 1891. He was an attorney for the Union Pacific Railroad

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 from 1899 to 1907.

On March 19, 1907, Dietrich received a recess appointment

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 from Theodore Roosevelt to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Idaho

United States District Court for the District of Idaho

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. vacated by James H. Beatty. Formally nominated on December 3, 1907, Dietrich was confirmed by the United States Senate

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 on December 17, 1907, and received his commission the same day. On December 22, 1926, President Calvin Coolidge

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 nominated Dietrich for elevation to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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 vacated by Wallace McCamant

Wallace McCamant

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. Dietrich was again confirmed by the United States Senate on January 3, 1927, and received his commission the same day. He served thereafter until his death.

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