Francis Biddle

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Francis Biddle (1886-1968) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third 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]

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

References

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Preceded by:
Joseph Buffington
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
1939–1940
Succeeded by:
Herbert Goodrich



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