Frank Herbert Norcross

Biography of Frank Herbert Norcross

Family Name (Surname): Norcross
First Name: Frank
Middle Name: Herbert
Date of Birth: May , 11 , 1869
Place of Birth (POB): Reno , Nevada (US-NV, NV, 32, Nev., Nv.)
Date of Death: November , 4 , 1952
Place of Death (POD): San Francisco , California (US-CA, CA, 06, CF, Calif., Ca., Cal.)
Gender Identity: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White

Court Name: United States District Court, District of Nevada
Court Type: United States District Court
Appointment under the Presidency of: Calvin Coolidge ( Republican )
Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 04/02/1928
Seat vacated by: Farrington , Edward S.
Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 04/02/1928
Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
Committee action date: 04/17/1928
Senate voice vote?: Yes
Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 04/17/1928
Commission Date: 04/17/1928
Retirement from Active Service: 04/30/1945
Date of Termination: 11/04/1952
Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Law Degree (Name of School): Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)
Degree: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
Law Degree Year: 1894

District attorney, Washoe County, Nevada, 1895-1897
State assemblyman, Nevada, 1897-1899
Private practice, Reno, Nevada, 1899-1904, 1917-1928
Justice, Nevada Supreme Court, 1904-1916; chief justice, 1909-1911, 1915-1916
Received recess appointment to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, September 23, 1933; declined appointment
Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, January 8, 1934; no Senate vote