Franklin Billings
| Franklin Billings | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the District of Vermont | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Position: | Seat #1 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Ronald Reagan |
| Active: | 06/15/1984 - 09/08/1994 |
| Chief: | 1988 - 1991 |
| Senior: | 09/09/1994 - Present |
| Preceded by: | James Holden |
| Succeeded by: | John Murtha |
| Past post: | Vermont Supreme Court, Justice |
| Past term: | 1975 - 1983 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1922 |
| Home State: | Woodstock, VT |
| Bachelors: | Harvard, B.S., 1943 |
| Law School: | U. of Virginia Law, J.D., 1947 |
| Military service: | British Army 1943 - 1945 |
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Franklin S. Billings, Jr. (b. 1922) is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the District of Vermont. Billings was nominated by Ronald Reagan on May 25, 1984, to the seat vacated by James Holden. Billings was then confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 15, 1984, receiving his commission on June 15, 1984. From 1988-1991, Billings served as Chief Judge of the District of Vermont. He assumed senior status on September 9, 1994. Prior to his Federal judicial appointment, Judge Billings served as a justice on the Supreme Court of Vermont from 1975 to 1983, and as that court's chief justice from 1983 to 1984.[1]
Early life and education
- Harvard College, B.S., 1943
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1947
Professional career
- Private practice, Woodstock, Vermont, 1948-1966
- Assistant secretary, Vermont Senate, 1949-1953
- Judge, Hartford Municipal Court, State of Vermont, 1955-1962
- Executive clerk to the governor, Governor Joseph Johnson, State of Vermont, 1955-1957
- Secretary, Vermont Senate, 1957-1959
- Secretary of civil and military affairs, State of Vermont, 1959-1960
- Member, Vermont House of Representatives, 1961-1965
- Speaker of the house, 1963-1965
- Member, Vermont Legislative Council, 1965-1966
- Member, Governor's Commission on Crime Prevention and Control, 1967-1972
- Judge, Superior Court, State of Vermont, 1966-1975
- Justice, Supreme Court of Vermont, 1975-1983
- Chief justice, Supreme Court of Vermont, 1983-1984
Military service
- Attached 6th Armored Division, British 8th Army, 1943-1945
Judicial career
District of Vermont
Franklin S. Billings, Jr. (b. 1922) is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the District of Vermont. Billings was nominated by Ronald Reagan on May 25, 1984, to the seat vacated by James Holden. Billings was then confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 15, 1984, receiving his commission on June 15, 1984. From 1988-1991, Billings served as Chief Judge of the District of Vermont. He assumed senior status on September 9, 1994.[2]
See also
United States District Court for the District of Vermont
External links
- Biography of Franklin Billings provided by the Federal Judicial Center
- List of judges for the District of Vermont
References
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: James Holden |
District of Vermont 1984–1994 |
Succeeded by: John Murtha |
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| Active judges | |||
| Senior judges |
John Murtha • Franklin Billings • | ||
| Magistrate judges | John Conroy • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Nathaniel Chipman • Samuel Hitchcock • Elijah Paine • Samuel Prentiss • David Allen Smalley • James Oakes • Fred Parker • Hoyt Henry Wheeler • James Loren Martin • Harland Bradley Howe • Albert Coffrin • Ernest Gibson • James Holden • James Leamy • Bernard Leddy • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
William K. Sessions • John Murtha • Fred Parker • Franklin Billings • Albert Coffrin • Ernest Gibson • James Holden • Bernard Leddy • | ||
