Francis Biddle

Judge Francis Biddle

Personal

Birthday:

5/9/1886

Birthplace:

Paris, France

Date of Death:

10/4/1968

Place of Death:

Wellfleet, MA

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior 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

Education

Name of School:

Harvard University

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1909

Name of School - Second:

Harvard Law School

The world's premier center for legal education and research, Harvard Law School provides unparalleled opportunities to study law and related disciplines in an energetic and creative learning environment. A Harvard Law education prepares students for success in law practice, business, public service, and teaching. Through its faculty, students, and alumni, Harvard Law School is able to contribute solutions to the world's most complex legal and social challenges.

Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1911

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Court Name:

Third Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating:

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

3/4/1939

Termination Date:

1/22/1940

Termination Reason:

Resignation