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Robert Wodrow Archbald

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1901–1911

Robert Wodrow Archbald , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. 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.

Education

  • Yale CollegeA.B., 1871
  • Read law1873

Career

Private practice, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1873-1884; Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County [Pennsylvania], 1884-1901; president judge, 1888-1901

Biography

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.

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