John Hazelton Cotteral | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | |
| In office March 28, 1929 – April 22, 1933 | |
| Appointed by | operation of law |
| Preceded by | Seat established by 45 Stat. 1346 |
| Succeeded by | Sam G. Bratton |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | |
| In office May 23, 1928 – March 28, 1929 | |
| Appointed by | Calvin Coolidge |
| Preceded by | Walter Henry Sanborn |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | |
| In office November 11, 1907 – May 23, 1928 | |
| Appointed by | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Seat established by 34 Stat. 267 |
| Succeeded by | Edgar Sullins Vaught |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Hazelton Cotteral September 26, 1864 Middletown, Indiana |
| Died | April 22, 1933 (aged 68) |
| Education | Master's degree in law |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Occupation | Attorney; judge |
John Hazelton Cotteral (September 26, 1864 – April 22, 1933) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
A native of Indiana, Cotteral attended the University of Michigan, where he studied law, then read law until 1885. He moved to Kansas, where he entered a private legal practice. He then met A. C. G. Bierer, and the two formed a partnership. In 1889, they joined the 1889 Land Run into what was then named as Oklahoma Territory, and settled in the city of Guthrie, which had been named the territorial capital. Their partnership dissolved when President Grover Cleveland appointed Bierer to the Oklahoma Territory Supreme Court