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.

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

External links

Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.

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	v • d • e Federal judges nominated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1940)
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 • Stephens • 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 • 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

	v • d • e Federal judges nominated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1941-1945)
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	Brown • Davis • Foley • Laws • Ridge

	v • d • e Federal judges who have served the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Active judges	Chief Judge: Scirica • Ambro • Barry • Chagares • Fisher • Fuentes • Greenaway • Hardiman • Jordan • McKee • Rendell • Sloviter • D. B. Smith • Vacancy
Senior judges	Aldisert • Cowen • Garth • Greenberg • Nygaard • Roth • Stapleton • Van Antwerpen • Weis
Former judges	Acheson • Adams • Alito • Archbald • Becker • Biddle • Biggs • Buffington • Chertoff • Clark • Dallas • Davis • Forman • Freedman • Ganey • Gibbons • Goodrich • Gray • Haight • Hastie • Higginbotham • Hunter • Hutchinson • Jones • Kalodner • Lanning • Lewis • Mansmann • Maris • McLaughlin • McPherson • O`Connell • Rosen • Rosenn • Sarokin • Seitz • W. Smith • Stahl • Staley • Thompson • Van Dusen • Woolley