Franklin Elmore Kennamer

Franklin Elmore Kennamer (January 12, 1879 – May 1, 1960) was a justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Education and career Born to Seaborn F. Kennamer (1830 – 1915) and his wife, Nancy Elizabeth Mitchell Kennamer (1848 – 1898) on January 12, 1879, in Kennamer Cove, Marshall County, Alabama, Kennamer read law in 1905. He was a Colonel in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War. He was the city attorney of Madill, Oklahoma from 1915 to 1916. He was the Mayor of Madill from 1919 to 1920. He was a justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court from 1920 to 1924. Federal judicial service