Francis Gordon Caffey

Judge Francis Gordon Caffey

Personal

Birthday:

10/28/1868

Birthplace:

Gordonsville, AL

Date of Death:

9/20/1951

Place of Death:

Verbena, AL

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Third Alabama Volunteer Infantry lieutenant colonel, Spanish American War
Private practice, Montgomery, Alabama, 1894-1902
Judge advocate general, Office of the Governor, Alabama, 1900-1902
Private practice, New York City, 1902-1913, 1921-1929
Solicitor, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1913-1917
U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1917-1921

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, March 1, 1929; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School:

Howard College (now Samford University)

Degree:

A.M.

Degree Year:

1887

Name of School - Second:

Harvard University

Degree - Second:

A.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1891

Name of School - Third:

Harvard University

Degree - Third:

A.M.

Degree Year - Third:

1892

Name of School - Fourth:

Harvard Law School

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Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Court Name:

New York Southern District Court

President Nominating:

Herbert Hoover

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

4/30/1929

Retirement from Active Service:

10/31/1947

Termination Date:

9/20/1951

Termination Reason:

Death