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Francis Gordon Caffey

Francis Gordon Caffey

New York Southern District Court

Born 1868 in Gordonsville, AL

Died 1951 in Verbena, AL

FJC ID: 347

Francis Gordon Caffey (October 28, 1868 – September 20, 1951) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

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

Appointments

  1. New York Southern District Court
    1929–1951 · Appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Harvard Law School
  2. Harvard University
  3. Harvard University
    A.M. · 1892
  4. Harvard University
    A.B. · 1891
  5. Howard College (now Samford University)
    A.M. · 1887