Robert Wodrow Archbald (September 10, 1848 – August 19, 1926), known as R. W. Archbald, was a United States circuit judge of the United States Commerce Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States Circuit Courts for the Third Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He was the ninth federal official on whom Articles of Impeachment were served, and only the third to be convicted and removed from office.
Robert Wodrow Archbald
Born 1848 in Carbondale, PA
Died 1926 in Martha`s Vineyard, MA
FJC ID: 57
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County [Pennsylvania]Judge · 1884–1901
- ↳president judge · 1888–1901
- Private practice, Scranton, Pennsylvania1873–1884
Appointments
1911–1911 · Appointed by William H. Taft (Republican)Term ended: Abolition of Court- 1911–1913 · Appointed by William H. Taft (Republican)Term ended: Impeachment & Conviction
1901–1911 · Appointed by William McKinley (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- Read law1873
- Yale CollegeA.B. · 1871