The U.S. Senate has approved legislation co-sponsored by Republican Arkansas Sens. John Boozman and Tom Cotton to name the federal building in Helena-West Helena after federal Judge Jacob Trieber.
Trieber was appointed by President William McKinley and served from 1900 to 1927 as the federal judge for the U.S. Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. He was the first Jewish federal judge and also served on the Helena City Council and as Phillips County treasurer.
The measure was also co-sponsored in the Senate by Democratic Sen, Chris Coons of Delaware and was approved Wednesday.
Companion legislation has been introduced in the U.S. House by the four members of Arkansas' House delegation.
