Howard Francis Corcoran

Judge Howard Francis Corcoran

Personal

Birthday:

1/25/1906

Birthplace:

Pawtucket, RI

Date of Death:

5/11/1989

Place of Death:

Washington, DC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1933-1934
Tennessee Valley Authority, 1934-1935
Legal associate, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1935-1938
Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1938-1943
U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1943
U.S. Army, 1943-1945
Private practice, New York City, 1946-1954
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1954-1965

Education

Name of School:

Princeton University

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1928

Name of School - Second:

Harvard Law School

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Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1931

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Court Name:

District of Columbia District Court

President Nominating:

Lyndon B. Johnson

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

3/11/1965

Retirement from Active Service:

11/30/1977

Termination Date:

5/11/1989

Termination Reason:

Death