Joseph Whitaker Thompson (August 19, 1861 – January 7, 1946) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Joseph Whitaker Thompson
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1861 in Stroudsburg, PA
Died 1946
FJC ID: 2376
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 11/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 15/year
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court · 1912–1931Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1931–1946
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
U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania1904–1912- Eastern District of PennsylvaniaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1900–1904
Appointments
1931–1946 · Appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)Term ended: Death
1912–1931 · Appointed by William H. Taft (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
