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

Resources

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