Francis Duffy
| Francis Duffy | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Position: | Seat #1 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Harry Truman |
| Active: | 2/2/1949 - 6/30/1966 |
| Chief: | 1954-1959 |
| Senior: | 6/30/1966 - 8/16/1979 |
| Preceded by: | Evan Alfred Evans |
| Succeeded by: | Thomas Fairchild |
| Past post: | Eastern District of Wisconsin |
| Past term: | 1939-1949 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1888 |
| Deceased: | 8/16/1979 |
| Undergraduate: | U. of Wisconsin 1910 |
| Law School: | U. of Wisconsin Law 1912 |
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Francis Ryan Duffy (1888-1979) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. [1]
Early life and education
- University of Wisconsin, B.A., 1910
- University of Wisconsin Law School, LL.B., 1912 [1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 1912-1917
- U.S. Army, 1917-1919
- Private practice, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 1919-1933
- U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1933-1939
- Private practice, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 1939 [1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of Wisconsin
Duffy was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 21, 1939 to replace Ferdinand August Geiger. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 26th, and received commission on June 29th. He served on this court until February 2, 1949. [1] Duffy was succeeded in this position by Robert Tehan.
Seventh Circuit
Duffy was nominated by President Harry Truman on January 13, 1949 to replace Evan Alfred Evans. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 31st, and received commission on February 2nd. From 1954 to 1959, he was the chief judge. On June 30, 1966, he assumed senior status and continued to serve in this capacity until his death on August 16, 1979. [1]
External links
- Judge Duffy's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.</ref>
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Judge Duffy's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by: Ferdinand August Geiger |
Eastern District of Wisconsin 1939–1949 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Robert Tehan |
| Preceded by: Evan Alfred Evans |
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1949–1979 |
Succeeded by: Thomas Fairchild |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: William Griesbach • Rudolph Randa • Joseph Stadtmueller • Lynn Adelman | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Aaron Goodstein • Patricia Gorence • William Callahan • James Sickel • Nancy Joseph • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Terence Evans • Andrew Galbraith Miller • Charles Dyer • James Henry Howe • James Graham Jenkins • William Henry Seaman • Joseph Very Quarles • Ferdinand August Geiger • Francis Duffy • Kenneth Grubb • John Reynolds • Robert Tehan • Robert Warren • Myron Gordon • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Rudolph Randa • Charles Clevert • Joseph Stadtmueller • Terence Evans • John Reynolds • Robert Tehan • Robert Warren • | ||
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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 | |||
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| 1945 |
Burton • Clark • Donovan • Gilliam • Gourley • Holtzoff • Koscinski • Madden • Mathes • Mellott • S. Miller • W. Miller • Mollison • O'Connell • Orr • Prettyman • Rice | ||
| 1946 |
Curran • Driver • Follmer • Harris • Kalodner • Kampf • Keech • Levin • Lynne • McGranery • Murphy • Rodney • Scarlett • Shelbourne • Speakman • Starr • Vinson • Weinberger | ||
| 1947 |
Bryan, Sr. • Christenberry • Clifford • Collet • Dooley • Harper • Howell • Johnson • Jones • Lemmon • Medina • Rayfiel • Ryan • Thomason | ||
| 1948 |
Harper • Henderson • Johnson • Kaufman • Proctor • Rao • Stephens • Tamm | ||
| 1949 |
Allred • Andrews • Bazelon • Borah • Burns • Carter • Clark • Clary • Conger • Connally • Duffy • Erskine • Fahy • Finnegan • Foley • Ford • Gibson • Grim • Hastie • Hatch • Hill • Hooper • Kaufman • Kirkland • Lindley • Matthews • McCarthy • McGohey • McLaughlin • Minton • Murray • Noonan • Pickett • Platt • Pope • Ritter • Russell • Solomon • Sugarman • Swaim • Switzer • Taylor • Tehan • Thornton • Warlick • Washington • Westover • Wright | ||
| 1950 |
Bastian • Byrne, Sr. • Carter • Knous • Marsh • Murphy • Simpson • Staley • Steckler • Strum • Wallace • Weinfeld • Whitehurst • Worley | ||
| 1951 |
Dimock • Edelstein • Hartigan • Hartshorne • Leahy • Lindberg • McNamee • Medina • Modarelli • Murphy • Perry • Rives • Sheehy • Sloan • Stewart • Thomas • Tolin • Youngdahl | ||
| 1952 | |||
- Eastern District of Wisconsin, Seat 1
- Former federal judge, Eastern District of Wisconsin
- Former federal judge, Seventh Circuit
- Appointed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Confirmed 1939
- Appointed by Harry Truman
- Confirmed 1949
- Former chief judge, Seventh Circuit
- Former federal judge
- U. of Wisconsin Alumni
- U. of Wisconsin Law Alumni
- Army veteran
