Felix Frankfurter

Biography of Felix Frankfurter

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Frankfurter
• First Name: Felix
• Date of Birth: November , 15 , 1882
• Place of Birth (POB): Vienna , Austria
• Date of Death: February , 22 , 1965
• Place of Death (POD): Washington , District of Columbia (US-DC, DC, 11, D.C., Wash. D.C.)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Felix Frankfurter Court Service Information

• Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
• Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
• Appointment under the Presidency of: Franklin D. Roosevelt ( Democratic )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 01/05/1939
• Seat vacated by: Cardozo , Benjamin N.
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 01/09/1939
• Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
• Committee action date: 01/16/1939
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 01/17/1939
• Commission Date: 01/20/1939
• Retirement from Active Service: 08/28/1962
• Date of Termination: 02/22/1965
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Felix Frankfurter in the Law School

• Name of School: City College of New York
• Degree: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
• Law Degree Year: 1902

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Harvard Law School
• Degree: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
• Law Degree Year: 1906

Felix Frankfurter Career Path

Employment:

• Private practice, New York City, 1906
• Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1906-1909
• Aide, Henry Stimson campaign for governor of New York, 1910
• Law officer, Bureau of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of War, 1911-1914
• Byrne professor of administrative law, Harvard University, 1914-1917, 1920-1939
• U.S. Army major, JAG Department, 1917-1920
  

  Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

  Allotment as Circuit Justice:

• Seventh Circuit, February 6, 1939-April 23, 1939, June 24, 1957-October 13, 1958
• First Circuit, April 24, 1939-August 28, 1962
• Second Circuit, November 22, 1954-April 3, 1955, June 24, 1957-October 13, 1958
• Sixth Circuit, June 19, 1958-September 1, 1958

Resources

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