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Thomas Meaney
Thomas Francis Meaney (1888-1968) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Meaney was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on May 4, 1942, to a seat vacated by Thomas Walker; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 1, 1942, and received commission July 3rd.[1] He assumed senior status on May 1, 1966, and served in that capacity until his death on May 17, 1968. Meaney was succeeded in this position by Lawrence Whipple.
Early life and education
- St. Peter`s College, A.B., 1908
- St. Peter`s College, A.M., 1909
- Fordham University School of Law, LL.B., 1911
Professional career
- Secretary to Mayor H. Otto Wittpen, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1911-1913
- Private practice, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1913-1917
- U.S. Army, 1917-1919
- Private practice, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1919-1934
- Judge, Hudson County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, New Jersey, 1923-1934
- Judge, Hudson County Court of Common Pleas, New Jersey, 1934-1938
- Judge, New Jersey State Court of Common Pleas, 1938-1939
- Counsel, New Jersey State Banking and Insurance Commission, 1939-1942
Judicial career
District of New Jersey
Meaney was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on May 4, 1942, to a seat vacated by Thomas Walker;[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on July 1, 1942, and received commission July 3rd. He assumed senior status on May 1, 1966, and served in that capacity until his death on May 17, 1968. Meaney was succeeded in this position by Lawrence Whipple.
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Thomas Walker |
District of New Jersey 1942–1966 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Lawrence Whipple
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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 | |||
