Eicher, Edward C. (1878-1944)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1944 Dec 7 p. 1

Birth date: 1878 Dec 16

text of obituary:

FAMOUS WASHINGTON JURIST DIED IN HIS SLEEP AT ALEXANDRIA, VA.

Washington, D. C. — Justice Edward C. Eicher, presiding judge at the seven-months-old mass sedition trial in Federal District Court here, died in his sleep at his home at Alexandria, Va., Thursday night, Nov. 30. Justice Eicher, 65, formerly congressman from Iowa, was chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission previous to his appointment as Chief Justice of the District Court for the District of Columbia in 1942.

He was born at Noble, Iowa, Dec. 16, 1878, the son of Bishop Benjamin Eicher and Lydia Sommer-Eicher. Being a lawyer by profession, he held many responsible positions in state and national government. He was a life-long member of the Mennonite church.