Francis Beverley Biddle (May 9, 1886 – October 4, 1968) was an American lawyer and judge who was the United States Attorney General during World War II. He also served as the primary American judge during Nuremberg trials following World War II and a United States circuit judge of the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Francis Biddle
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1886 in Paris, France
Died 1968 in Wellfleet, MA
FJC ID: 166
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Americans for Democratic ActionChairman · 1950–1953
- U.S. representative to International Military Tribunal--Nuremburg Trials1945–1946
Attorney General of the United States1941–1945- Solicitor general of the United States1940
- Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Department of JusticeDirector · 1940
- Special Congressional Committee to Investigate the Tennessee Valley AuthorityChief counsel · 1938–1939
- Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania1912–1938
National Labor Relations BoardChairman · 1934–1935- Eastern District of PennsylvaniaSpecial assistant U.S. attorney · 1922–1926
U.S. Army1918
Personal secretary · 1911–1912
Appointments
1939–1940 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Resignation
Education
LL.B. · 1911- Harvard UniversityB.A. · 1909