Frederick Olen Mercer

Frederick Olen Mercer (March 11, 1901 – April 3, 1966) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. Education and career Born in Vermont, Illinois, Mercer received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1924. He was an assistant state's attorney of Fulton County, Illinois from 1924 to 1926. He was a county judge of Fulton County from 1926 to 1934. He was in private practice in Lewistown, Illinois from 1934 to 1940. He was in private practice in Canton, Illinois from 1940 to 1956. Federal judicial service