Joseph Cross (December 29, 1843 – October 29, 1913) was a New Jersey politician and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 5/year
New Jersey District Court · 1905–1913
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Elizabeth, New Jersey1869–1905
- New JerseyState senator · 1899–1905
- ↳president · 1905
- New JerseyState assemblyman · 1893–1895
- ↳speaker · 1895
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Judge · 1888–1891
Appointments
- 1905–1913 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Read law1868
- College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)A.M. · 1868
- College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)A.B. · 1865