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John Warren Davis (Third Circuit)
John Warren Davis (1867-1945) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit and United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Early life and education
- Bucknell University, B.A., 1896
- Crozer Theological Seminary, B.D., 1899
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, LL.B., 1906
Professional career
- Private practice in Philadelphia, PA, and Camden, NJ, 1907-1911
- New Jersey state senator, 1911-1913
- U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 1913-1916
District of New Jersey
Third Circuit
He was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on May 28, 1920 to replace Thomas Griffith Haight. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 2, 1920, and received commission that same day. On April 15, 1939, he assumed senior status. He resigned on November 24, 1941.[1]
District of New Jersey
Davis was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
He was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on May 6, 1916 to a new seat created by 39 Stat. 48. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 15th, and received commission that same day. He served until June 12, 1920, because he was appointed to the Third Circuit.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Judge Davis' Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
District of New Jersey 1916–1920 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: Joseph Lamb Bodine |
| Preceded by: Thomas Griffith Haight |
Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1920–1941 |
Succeeded by: Charles Alvin Jones
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Renee Bumb • Susan Wigenton • Madeline Arleo • Claire Cecchi • Esther Salas • Michael Shipp • Karen Williams (New Jersey) • Robert Kirsch • Brian R. Martinotti • Julien Xavier Neals • Zahid Quraishi • Christine O'Hearn • Evelyn Padin • Georgette Castner • Michael Farbiarz • Jamel Semper • Edward Kiel | ||
| Senior judges |
Mary Cooper • Anne Thompson • Stanley Chesler • Katharine Hayden • William Martini • Peter Sheridan • Noel Hillman • Robert Kugler • Joseph Rodriguez • Kevin McNulty • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Tonianne Bongiovanni • Mark Falk • Ann Donio • Michael A. Hammer • Cathy L. Waldor • James B. Clark, III • Leda Dunn Wettre • Sharon King • Jessica Allen • Matthew Skahill • André Espinosa • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Garrett Brown • Joel Pisano • Freda Wolfson • Harold Ackerman • Dennis Cavanaugh • Dickinson Debevoise • Joseph Greenaway • Faith Hochberg • Jose Linares • Stanley Brotman • Joseph Irenas • Jerome Simandle • David Brearley • Robert Morris (New Jersey) • William Sanford Pennington • William Rossell • Mahlon Dickerson • Philemon Dickerson • Richard Stockton Field • John Thompson Nixon • Andrew Kirkpatrick • Leonard Garth • Robert Cowen • Maryanne Trump Barry • Lee Sarokin • Edward Green (New Jersey) • Joseph Cross • William Mershon Lanning • John Rellstab • Joseph Lamb Bodine • John Warren Davis (Third Circuit) • Thomas Griffith Haight • Charles Francis Lynch • William Nelson Runyon • William Clark (New Jersey) • Guy Laverne Fake • James William McCarthy • John Boyd Avis • Phillip Forman • Anthony Augelli • George Barlow • William Bassler • John Bissell • Vincent Biunno • Mitchell Cohen • James Coolahan • John Gerry • Richard Hartshorne • John Kitchen • Frederick Lacey • Arthur Lane • Alfred Lechner • John Lifland • Thomas Madden • Thomas Meaney • Henry Meanor • Alfred Modarelli • Mendon Morrill • Stephen Orlofsky • Nicholas Politan • Robert Shaw (New Jersey) • William Francis Smith • Herbert Stern • Thomas Walker (New Jersey) • Lawrence Whipple • Alfred Wolin • Reynier Wortendyke • Clarkson Sherman Fisher • John Michael Vazquez • William Walls (New Jersey) • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Garrett Brown • Anne Thompson • Freda Wolfson • Jerome Simandle • Guy Laverne Fake • Phillip Forman • Anthony Augelli • George Barlow • John Bissell • Mitchell Cohen • James Coolahan • John Gerry • Thomas Madden • William Francis Smith • Lawrence Whipple • Clarkson Sherman Fisher • | ||
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| 1913 |
Bingham • Brown • Call • Campbell • Dooling • Neterer • Rogers • Sawtelle • Sullivan • Thomas • Woods | ||
| 1914 |
Bledsoe • Booth • Clarke • Clayton • Covington • Dickinson • Haight • Hand • McCoy • McReynolds • Siddons • Thomson • Walker • Woolley | ||
| 1915 |
Downey • Howe • Lambdin • Trippet • Wade | ||
| 1916 |
Alschuler • Brandeis • Davis • Evans • Hay • Hitz • Hough • J. Johnson • T. Johnson • Manton • Stone • West • Woodrough | ||
| 1917 |
Adamson • Batts • Ervin • Evans • Jack • C. Johnson • Neblett • Smith • Smyth • Westenhaver | ||
| 1918 |
Anderson • Bailey • English • FitzHenry • Garvin • Holmes • Hutcheson • Knox • Manton • McCoy • Williams | ||
| 1919 |
Donahue • Faris • Graham • Haight • Lynch • Morris • Page • Peck • Sibley • Watkins • Webb • Weller • Wilson | ||
| 1920 | |||
