Stanton J. Peelle

Stanton Judkins Peelle (February 11, 1843 – September 4, 1928) was an American politician and judge who served as a United States representative from Indiana and both an associate judge and chief justice of the Court of Claims.

[1] He enlisted in Company G, Eighth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers on August 5, 1861, and served until near the close of the American Civil War, as a corporal and second lieutenant.

[2] Peelle was nominated by President Benjamin Harrison on March 24, 1892, to a judgeship on the Court of Claims (later the United States Court of Claims) vacated by Judge Glenni William Scofield.

[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 28, 1892, and received his commission the same day.

[1] His service terminated on January 2, 1906, due to his elevation to be Chief Justice of the same court.