Elwyn R. Shaw

Elwyn R. Shaw
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
In office
May 9, 1944 – July 18, 1950
Appointed byFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byCharles Edgar Woodward
Succeeded byJoseph Sam Perry
Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
In office
1933–1942
Preceded byFrank K. Dunn
Succeeded byWilliam J. Fulton
Personal details
Born
Elwyn Riley Shaw

(1888-10-19)October 19, 1888
Lyndon, Illinois
DiedJuly 18, 1950(1950-07-18) (aged 61)
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of Michigan Law School (LL.B.)
Occupationlawyer, judge

Elwyn Riley Shaw (October 19, 1888 – July 18, 1950) was an Illinois lawyer and judge who served as a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court (1933–1942), United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1944–1950) and briefly as a member of National Railway Labor Panel in 1943.