William Huntington Kirkpatrick (October 2, 1885 – November 28, 1970) was a United States representative from Pennsylvania and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
William Huntington Kirkpatrick
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Born 1885 in Easton, PA
Died 1970 in Cumberstone, MD
FJC ID: 1287
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 20/year
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court · 1927–1970
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, Easton, Pennsylvania1908– , 1923–1927
- U.S. representative from Pennsylvania1921–1923
World War IU.S. Army lieutenant colonel
Appointments
1927–1970 · Appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Lafayette CollegeA.B. · 1905