Judge Joseph Sabath, one of the most colorful and popular jurists in this city, was yesterday reelected to his fourth consecutive six-year term on the Circuit Court.
Sabath, a Democrat, was one of eleven judges elected. Only 115,000 voters cast ballots, due to the fact that the candidates were part of a coalition ticket against which there was no opposition.
Judge Sabbath???s career on the bench started in 1910 when he was elected to the Municipal Court by the highest vote recorded by a judicial candidate. He served in that post until 1916, resigning to accept appointment to the Superior court to fill a vacancy. At the November elections of that year he was elected to succeed himself. In 1922 Sabath was endorsed by both parties. This was repeated in 1928. He was Chief Justice from 1926 to 1928.
LEADS IN DIVORCE CASES
The jurist, who last April celebrated his sixty-fourth birthday, is reputed to lead the world in the number of divorce cases he has tried. In his eighteen years with the higher court he has heard 38,000 divorce actions. Partially on the basis of his popularity with divorcees he was boomed in 1930 for the mayoralty.
Born in Bohemia, he came to the United States in 1885, established himself in Chicago and received his LLB. from Northwestern University two years later. Judge Sabath speaks nine languages and can make campaign speeches in English, German, Bohemian, Polish, Russian, Yiddish and several Slavic tongues. He is a member of twenty-two organizations and is a brother of Representative Adolph J. Sabath.
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