Louis Henry Burns

Burns was born on May 11, 1878 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Emily Nebraska (née Brockett) and Louis Burns. His father worked as a cooper. Burns grew up in New Orleans with nine younger siblings.

Burns married Julia W. Schillinger on November 29, 1900, in New Orleans. They were 22 and 24 years old, respectively.

Burns received a Bachelor of Laws from Tulane University Law School in 1904. He was in private practice in New Orleans from 1904 to 1911, and again from 1913 to 1921, serving as an Assistant United States Attorney of the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1911 to 1913, and later as the United States Attorney for that district from 1921 to 1925.[1]

Burns received a recess appointment from President Calvin Coolidge on October 3, 1925, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana vacated by Judge Charlton Reid Beattie. He was nominated to the same position by President Coolidge on December 8, 1925. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 21, 1925, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on June 9, 1928, due to his death.[1]

• Louis Henry Burns at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.