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Franklin S. Billings Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont · 1984
Franklin S. Billings Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont. Franklin Swift Billings Jr., (June 5, 1922 – March 9, 2014) was an American politician and judge from the state of Vermont. Billings served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
Education
- Harvard CollegeB.S., 1943
- University of Virginia School of LawJ.D., 1947
Career
British Eighth Army, Attached Sixth Armoured Division, 1943-1945; Private practice, Woodstock, Vermont, 1948-1966; Assistant secretary, Vermont Senate, 1949-1953; Judge, Hartford [Vermont] Municipal Court, 1955-1962; Executive clerk, Gov. Joseph Johnson, Vermont, 1955-1957; Secretary, Vermont Senate, 1957-1959; Secretary of civil and military affairs, Vermont, 1959-1960; State representative, Vermont, 1961-1965; speaker, 1963-1965; Member, Vermont Legislative Council, 1965-1966; Member, Governor's Commission on Crime Prevention and Control, Vermont, 1967-1972; Judge, Vermont Superior Court, 1966-1975; Justice, Vermont Supreme Court, 1975-1984; chief justice, 1983-1984
Biography
Franklin Swift Billings Jr., (June 5, 1922 – March 9, 2014) was an American politician and judge from the state of Vermont. Billings served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
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