Son of John P. Hennings & Margaret Carey Hennings. On 7 May 1902 he married Sarah P. Wilson in St. Louis. They had two children. Their son Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. served Missouri as a congressman & senator. Daughter Ruth married David G. Teasdale and lived in St. Louis.
He was an 1899 graduate of the St. Louis Law School and was admitted to the Missouri Bar in that year. Following the development of a large private practice, he became a Judge of the Circuit Court of St. Louis, serving five years. He revolutionized the Juvenile Court in January of 1914 when he appointed two women as assistant judges and directed that all cases involving girls were to be heard by them and were to be held in private. Women were installed as probation officers.
He resigned this position when elected a Vice President of the Mercantile Trust Company.
He was an 1899 graduate of the St. Louis Law School and was admitted to the Missouri Bar in that year. Following the development of a large private practice, he became a Judge of the Circuit Court of St. Louis, serving five years. He revolutionized the Juvenile Court in January of 1914 when he appointed two women as assistant judges and directed that all cases involving girls were to be heard by them and were to be held in private. Women were installed as probation officers.
He resigned this position when elected a Vice President of the Mercantile Trust Company.
Son of John P. Hennings & Margaret Carey Hennings. On 7 May 1902 he married Sarah P. Wilson in St. Louis. They had two children. Their son Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. served Missouri as a congressman & senator. Daughter Ruth married David G. Teasdale and lived in St. Louis.
He was an 1899 graduate of the St. Louis Law School and was admitted to the Missouri Bar in that year. Following the development of a large private practice, he became a Judge of the Circuit Court of St. Louis, serving five years. He revolutionized the Juvenile Court in January of 1914 when he appointed two women as assistant judges and directed that all cases involving girls were to be heard by them and were to be held in private. Women were installed as probation officers.
He resigned this position when elected a Vice President of the Mercantile Trust Company.
He was an 1899 graduate of the St. Louis Law School and was admitted to the Missouri Bar in that year. Following the development of a large private practice, he became a Judge of the Circuit Court of St. Louis, serving five years. He revolutionized the Juvenile Court in January of 1914 when he appointed two women as assistant judges and directed that all cases involving girls were to be heard by them and were to be held in private. Women were installed as probation officers.
He resigned this position when elected a Vice President of the Mercantile Trust Company.
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