Harold Wood
Harold Kenneth Wood (1906-1972) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Wood was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on March 2, 1959, to a seat vacated by William Huntington Kirkpatrick;[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on September 9, 1959, and received his commission on September 10th. He assumed senior status on June 24, 1971, and served in that capacity until his death on December 17, 1972. Wood was succeeded in this position by Clifford Green.
Early life and education
- Colgate University, A.B., 1927
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, LL.B., 1934
Professional career
- Tax examiner, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1940-1941
- Assistant district attorney, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1942-1945
- Legal counsel, Selective Service System, 1941-1945
- Private practice, Pennsylvania, 1946-1957
- U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1957-1959
Judicial nominations and appointments
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Wood was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on March 2, 1959, to a seat vacated by William Huntington Kirkpatrick;[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on September 9, 1959, and received his commission on September 10th. He assumed senior status on June 24, 1971, and served in that capacity until his death on December 17, 1972. Wood was succeeded in this position by Clifford Green.
External links
- Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: William Huntington Kirkpatrick |
Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1959–1971 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: Clifford Green
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| 1953 |
Boldt • Bruchhausen • Cecil • Dawkins, Jr. • Grooms • Hamlin • Hoffman • Knoch • Schnackenberg • Warren • Willson | ||
| 1954 |
Aldrich • Anderson • Bastian • Bicks • Bootle • Boreman • Breitenstein • Brooks • Cecil • Chambers • Choate • Christensen • Connell • Danaher • Dawson • Day • Fee • Freeman • Halbert • Harlan • Hincks • Hoffman • Holder • Hunter • Ingraham • Laramore • Kent • Lemmon • Lord • McGarraghy • Mickelson • Miller • Palmieri • Parkinson • Rogers • Ross • Stewart • Taylor • Thomsen • Tuttle • Van Oosterhout • Vogel • Walsh • Whittaker • Wilson | ||
| 1955 |
Alger • Brown • Cameron • Clarke • Davies • Devitt • East • Estes • Grubb • Harlan • Jertberg • Jones • Lumbard • McIlvaine • Miller • Register • Sorg • Van Dusen • Waterman • Watkins • Wortendyke • Wright | ||
| 1956 |
Barnes • Bryan • Burger • Cashin • Hamley • Herlands • Johnson • Juergens • Kerr • Kraft • Levet • Lewis • Lieb • Mercer • Morgan • Rich • Rizley • Robinson • Smith • Sobeloff • Weick • Whittaker | ||
| 1957 |
Arraj • Breitenstein • Brennan • Egan • Gignoux • Grant • Hastings • Haynsworth • Hicklin • Jameson • Layton • Moore • O'Sullivan • Parkinson • Richardson • Sirica • Stanley • Thompson • Van Pelt • Weber • Whittaker • Wisdom • Zavatt | ||
| 1958 |
Beck • Burke • Carswell • Clayton • Hamlin • Henley • Jertberg • Knoch • Martin • Matthes • Miner • Morrill • Poos • Robson • Stanley • Steel • Stewart • Wollenberg | ||
| 1959 |
Aldrich • Bartels • Blackmun • Boreman • Butler • Castle • Cecil • Crocker • Dalton • Field • Fisher • Forman • Friendly • Hart • Henderson • Henley • Julian • Kalbfleisch • Kilkenny • Koelsch • Kunzel • MacMahon • Merrill • Metzner • Powell • Smith • Sweigert • Walsh • Weick • Weinman • Wood • Worley • Young | ||
| 1960 |
Caffrey • Chilson • Durfee • Hodge • Kaess • Lane • Lewis • Mishler • O'Sullivan • Paul • Smith • Stephenson • Tavares • Timbers | ||
