Francis Biddle
Biography of Francis Biddle
Biographic Details
- Family Name (Surname): Biddle
- First Name: Francis
- Date of Birth: May , 9 , 1886
- Place of Birth (POB): Paris , France
- Date of Death: October , 4 , 1968
- Place of Death (POD): Wellfleet , Massachusetts (US-MA, MA, 25, Mass.)
- Gender Identity: Male
- Race or Ethnicity: White
Francis Biddle Court Service Information
- Court Name: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- Court Type: United States Court of Appeals
- Appointment under the Presidency of: Franklin D. Roosevelt ( Democratic )
- Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 02/09/1939
- Seat vacated by: Buffington , Joseph
- Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 02/09/1939
- Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
- Committee action date: 02/27/1939
- Senate voice vote?: Yes
- Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 02/28/1939
- Commission Date: 03/04/1939
- Date of Termination: 01/22/1940
- Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Resignation
Francis Biddle in the Law School
- Name of School: Harvard University
- Degree: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
- Law Degree Year: 1909
Second Law School Attendance
- Law Degree (Name of School): Harvard Law School
- Degree: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
- Law Degree Year: 1911
Francis Biddle Career Path
Employment:
- Personal secretary, Hon. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Supreme Court of the United States, 1911-1912
- Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1912-1938
- U.S. Army, 1918
- Special assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1922-1926
- Chairman, National Labor Relations Board, 1934-1935
- Chief counsel, Special Congressional Committee to Investigate the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1938-1939
- Solicitor general of the United States, 1940
- Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Department of Justice, 1940
- Attorney General of the United States, 1941-1945
- U.S. representative to International Military Tribunal–Nuremburg Trials, 1945-1946
- Chairman, Americans for Democratic Action, 1950-1953
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