Felix Frankfurter

Judge Felix Frankfurter

Personal

Birthday:

11/15/1882

Birthplace:

Vienna, Austria

Date of Death:

2/22/1965

Place of Death:

Washington, DC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior 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

Education

Name of School:

City College of New York

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1902

Name of School - Second:

Harvard Law School

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Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1906

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating:

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

1/20/1939

Retirement from Active Service:

8/28/1962

Termination Date:

2/22/1965

Termination Reason:

Death

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

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