William Francis Smith
| William Francis Smith | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Position: | Seat# 5T |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | John F. Kennedy |
| Active: | 8/30/1961 - 2/26/1968 |
| Preceded by: | Phillip Forman |
| Succeeded by: | James Hunter |
| Past post: | District of New Jersey |
| Past chief: | 1959 - 1961 |
| Past term: | 1941 - 1961 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | February 24, 1903 |
| Home State: | Perth Amboy, NJ |
| Deceased: | February 26, 1968 |
| Law School: | New Jersey Law, LL.B., 1929 |
| Grad. School: | Columbia, Ph.G., 1922 |
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William Francis Smith (1903-1968) 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
- Columbia University, Ph.G., 1922
- New Jersey Law School, LL.B., 1929
Professional career
- Deputy mayor, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, 1926-
- Private practice, New Jersey, 1930-1931
- Instructor, New Jersey Law School, 1930-1935
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of New Jersey, 1934-1940
- U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 1940-1941
Judicial career
Third Circuit
Smith was nominated by President John F. Kennedy on August 15, 1961, to a seat vacated by Phillip Forman; he was confirmed by the Senate on August 30, 1961, and received commission that same day. He served until his death on February 26, 1968.[1]
District of New Jersey
Smith was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on January 23, 1941, to a new seat created by 54 Stat. 219; he was confirmed by the Senate on February 13, 1941, and received commission February 15th. He served as chief judge from 1959 until September 12, 1961, at which time he was elevated to the Third Circuit.
External links
References
- ↑ Judge Smith's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
District of New Jersey 1941–1961 |
Succeeded by: Robert Shaw |
| Preceded by: Phillip Forman |
Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1961–1968 |
Succeeded by: James Hunter |
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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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| 1961 |
Ainsworth • Augelli • Austin • Battisti • Becker • Beeks • Bell • Blumenfeld • Bohanon • Brown • Browning • Bryan Sr. • Clarie • Cox • Craven • Croake • Davis • Dillin • Dooling • Doyle • Dumbauld • Duniway • Dyer • Freedman • Ganey • Garza • Gibson • Gray • Hill • Kaufman • Kiley • Larkins • Larson • Lord • Luongo • MacBride • Machrowicz • Martin • McCree • McRae • Michie • Morgan • Northrop • Parsons • Peck II • Pence • Plummer • Putnam • Ridge • Sheridan • Smith • Stephens, Jr. • Swygert • West • Will • Wilson • Young • Zirpoli | ||
| 1962 |
Allgood • Barrow • Beamer • Bell • Body • Bonsal • Brewster • Brown • Butzner • Carr • Cohen • Coolahan • Cooper • Crary • Curtis • Daugherty • Oscar Davis • Elliott • Ellis • Eschbach • Feinberg • Foley • Fox • Gewin • Goldberg • Gray • Green • Hanson • Hays • Hughes • Jones • McLean • McManus • Meredith • Neese • Noel • Oliver • Preyer • Regan • Rosenberg • Rosling • Roth • Seth • Shaw • Smith • Spears • Templar • Tyler • Weigel • White • Winter • Wright • Wyatt | ||
| 1963 |
Almond • Cannella • Craig • Decker • Edwards • Fulton • Marovitz • McGowan • Mehaffy • Moynahan • Nealon • Payne • Phillips • Tenney • Thompson • Thornberry | ||
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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 | |||
