Francis Biddle
Francis Biddle (1886-1968) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
He was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 9, 1939 to replace Joseph Buffington. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 28th, and received commission on March 4th. He resigned on January 22, 1940.[1] Biddle died on October 4, 1968.
Education
- Harvard University, B.A., 1909
- Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1911
Professional career
- Personal secretary, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Supreme Court of the United States, 1911-1912
- Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1912-1938
- U.S. Army, 1918
- Special assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1922-1926
- Chairman, National Labor Relations Board, 1934-1935
- Chief counsel, Special Congressional Committee to Investigate the Tenn. Valley Authority., 1938-1939
- Solicitor General of the United States, 1940
- Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Department of Justice, 1940
- Attorney General of the United States, 1941-1945
- U.S. Rep. to International Military Tribunal--Nuremburg Trials, 1945-1946
- Chairman, Americans for Democratic Action, 1950-1953
Footnotes
- ↑ Judge Biddle's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Joseph Buffington |
Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1939–1940 |
Succeeded by: Herbert Goodrich
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| 1933 |
Bell • Bratton • Donohoe • FitzHenry • Garrecht • Keefe • Ragon • Stone • Woodrough | ||
| 1934 |
Allen • Bowen • Holly • Hulbert • Long • Major • Myers • Rippey • Sullivan | ||
| 1935 |
Baldwin • Denman • Faris • Ford • Hamilton • Haney • Holmes • Mahoney • Martin • Mathews • McDuffie • Moore • Roche • A. L. Stephens • H. M. Stephens • Sweeney • Yankwich | ||
| 1936 |
Abruzzo • Clancy • Davidson • Davis • Holland • Lederle • Leibell • Ling • Mandelbaum • Maris • Pollard • Thomas • Underwood | ||
| 1937 |
Adair • Biggs • Black • Burke • Collet • Druffel • Edgerton • Groner • Healy • Jackson • Jenney • Kloeb • Major • McColloch • Miller • Mize • Murrah • Rice • Stephens • Sullivan • Swinford • Treanor • Trimble • Vinson • Watkins • Williams • Wyche | ||
| 1938 |
Clark • Conger • Ford • Hamilton • Laws • Maris • McCord • Murphree • Reed | ||
| 1939 |
Allred • Arant • Beaumont • Biddle • Black • Clark • Darr • Davies • Dobie • Douglas • Duffy • Frankfurter • Goldsborough • Huxman • Igoe • Jones • Kalodner • Kerner, Sr. • Lemley • Lumpkin • Magruder • Miller • Morris • Picard • Porterie • Roberts • Rutledge • Walker • Welsh • Whaley • Whitaker • Wilkin | ||
| 1940 |
Bard • Barker • Barksdale • Boyd • Broaddus • Caillouet • Campbell • Dobie • Ganey • Goodrich • Harrison • Hartigan • Johnsen • Jones • Leamy • Mahoney • Martin • Murphy • Murrah • O'Connor • Oliver • Pine • Russell • Savage • Schwellenbach • Walker • Waller | ||
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| 1941 |
Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski | ||
| 1942 |
Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney | ||
| 1943 |
Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert • Waller | ||
| 1944 |
Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw | ||
| 1945 | |||
