Thomas Griffith Haight
| Thomas Griffith Haight | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Woodrow Wilson |
| Active: | 6/24/1919 - 5/31/1920 |
| Preceded by: | John Bayard McPherson |
| Succeeded by: | John Warren Davis |
| Past post: | United States District Court for the District of New Jersey |
| Past term: | 2/18/1914 - 4/1/1919 |
| Past position: | Seat #2 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1879 |
| Bachelors: | Princeton University |
| Law School: | New York Law School (1900) |
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Thomas Griffith Haight (1879-1942) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Early life and education
- Princeton University
- New York Law School, LL.B., 1900
Professional career
- Private practice, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1901-1913
- City attorney, Jersey City, 1911-1913
- Corporation counsel, Hudson County, New Jersey, 1913-1914
- Private practice, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1920-1942
Judicial career
Third Circuit
Haight received a recess appointment from President Woodrow Wilson on April 1, 1919 to fill the seat vacated by John Bayard McPherson. On May 23, 1919, he was nominated. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 24, 1919, and received commission that same day. He resigned on May 31, 1920.[1]
District of New Jersey
Haight was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on February 3, 1914 to fill the seat vacated by Joseph Cross. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 18th, and received commission that same day. He served on this court until April 1, 1919, when he was appointed to the Third Circuit.
External links
References
- ↑ Judge Haight's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Joseph Cross |
District of New Jersey 1914–1919 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Charles Francis Lynch |
| Preceded by: John Bayard McPherson |
Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1919–1920 |
Succeeded by: John Warren Davis |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Jerome Simandle • Joel Pisano • Freda Wolfson • Dennis Cavanaugh • Stanley Chesler • Faith Hochberg • Jose Linares • William Martini • Peter Sheridan • Susan Wigenton • Renee Bumb • Noel Hillman • Robert Kugler • Claire Cecchi • Esther Salas • Michael Shipp • Kevin McNulty | ||
| Senior judges |
Mary Cooper • Anne Thompson • Dickinson Debevoise • Katharine Hayden • William Walls • Stanley Brotman • Joseph Irenas • Joseph Rodriguez • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Tonianne Bongiovanni • Madeline Arleo • Mark Falk • Ann Donio • Joel Schneider • Karen Williams • Douglas Arpert • Lois Goodman • Joseph A. Dickson • Michael A. Hammer • Cathy L. Waldor • Steven C. Mannion • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Garrett Brown • Harold Ackerman • Joseph Greenaway • David Brearley • Robert Morris • William Sanford Pennington • William Rossell • Mahlon Dickerson • Philemon Dickerson • Richard Stockton Field • John Thompson Nixon • Andrew Kirkpatrick • Leonard Garth • Robert Cowen • Maryanne Barry • Lee Sarokin • Edward Green • Joseph Cross • William Mershon Lanning • John Rellstab • Joseph Lamb Bodine • John Warren Davis • Thomas Griffith Haight • Charles Francis Lynch • William Nelson Runyon • William Clark • Guy Laverne Fake • James William McCarthy • John Boyd Avis • Phillip Forman • Anthony Augelli • George Barlow • William Bassler • John Bissell • Vincent Biunno • Mitchell Cohen • James Coolahan • John Gerry • Richard Hartshorne • John Kitchen • Frederick Lacey • Arthur Lane • Alfred Lechner • John Lifland • Thomas Madden • Thomas Meaney • Henry Meanor • Alfred Modarelli • Mendon Morrill • Stephen Orlofsky • Nicholas Politan • Robert Shaw • William Francis Smith • Herbert Stern • Thomas Walker • Lawrence Whipple • Alfred Wolin • Reynier Wortendyke • Clarkson Sherman Fisher • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Garrett Brown • Anne Thompson • Guy Laverne Fake • Phillip Forman • Anthony Augelli • George Barlow • John Bissell • Mitchell Cohen • James Coolahan • John Gerry • Thomas Madden • William Francis Smith • Lawrence Whipple • Clarkson Sherman Fisher • | ||
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| 1913 |
Bingham • Brown • Call • Campbell • Dooling • Neterer • Rogers • Sawtelle • Sullivan • Thomas • Woods | ||
| 1914 |
Bledsoe • Booth • Clarke • Clayton • Covington • Dickinson • Haight • Hand • McCoy • McReynolds • Siddons • Thomson • Walker • Woolley | ||
| 1915 |
Downey • Howe • Lambdin • Trippet • Wade | ||
| 1916 |
Alschuler • Brandeis • Davis • Evans • Hay • Hitz • Hough • J. Johnson • T. Johnson • Manton • Stone • West • Woodrough | ||
| 1917 |
Adamson • Batts • Ervin • Evans • Jack • C. Johnson • Neblett • Smith • Smyth • Westenhaver | ||
| 1918 |
Anderson • Bailey • English • FitzHenry • Garvin • Holmes • Hutcheson • Knox • Manton • McCoy • Williams | ||
| 1919 |
Donahue • Faris • Graham • Haight • Lynch • Morris • Page • Peck • Sibley • Watkins • Webb • Weller • Wilson | ||
| 1920 | |||
