Michael Schenck

Born in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina to David and Sallie (Ramseur) Schenck, the family had roots in that city going back to the 1790s.

After working for a time in the Wilmington offices of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway, he served as a member of the United States insular civil service in Cuba for three years.

[1][3] Schenck entered the practice of law in Hendersonville, North Carolina, and the following year was elected to a two-year term as the city's mayor, serving from 1907 to 1909.

In 1918, he resigned in order to serve in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, attaining the rank of major.

[2] On November 10, 1924, Governor Cameron A. Morrison appointed Schenck to a seat on the 18th judicial district court vacated by the death of Judge J. Bis Ray.

Judge Michael Schenck at the time of his appointment to the district court in 1924.