Albert Sherman Christensen
| Albert Sherman Christensen | |
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| United States District Judge | |
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In office June 26, 1954 – August 17, 1971 |
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| Nominated by | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Aldon Junior Anderson |
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Albert Sherman Christensen June 9, 1905 Manti, Utah, U.S. |
| Died | August 13, 1996 (aged 91) Provo, Utah, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lois Bowen (1927–1992) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Religion | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Albert Sherman Christensen (June 9, 1905 – August 13, 1996) was a trial attorney, judge, and author. He graduated from National University and then practiced law in Provo, Utah, until he was nominated as a United States federal judge by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954. Christensen was the first member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be appointed in Utah. Christensen tried several large antitrust cases and resigned from the federal bench in 1971 but remained a senior judge until 1992. He authored six books, volumes of poetry, and many legal articles. One of Christensen's most significant contributions to the legal community was his establishment of the United States' first American Inn of Court in 1980.
Albert Sherman Christensen was born on June 9, 1905, in Manti, Utah to A.H. and Jennie Snow Christensen. He was one of four children, and his siblings included Phillip V. Christensen, Cullen Y. Christensen, and Elaine Southwick. Christensen's father was a successful attorney first in Manti and later in Provo, Utah. As a boy Christensen worked as a clerk in his father's office, where he met individuals such as Arthur V. Watkins, A.H. Christensen's law partner and future U.S. Senator. Christensen attended Brigham Young University from 1923–1927, where he met his wife. He married Lois Bowen of Spanish Fork, Utah in 1927 and the couple had three children: A. Kent Christensen, Karen Christensen (Coffey), and Krege B. Christensen.
In 1927 the Christensens moved to Washington, D.C. where Sherman worked first as a file clerk for the War department and later as an assistant to the chancellor of the law school at National University. The chancellor was impressed with Christensen's work and offered him a scholarship to attend the university's law school. Christensen received an LL.B. from National University Law School, Washington, D.C. in 1931, after which he joined his father's law firm in Provo, Utah and practiced with him as a trial lawyer from 1932 to 1942. Following the outbreak of World War II, Christensen served in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1945, returning to private practice in Provo from 1945 to 1954. In 1939, Christensen ran unsuccessfully on the Republican ticket for Congress.
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