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Francis Biddle
Former judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Francis Biddle served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and confirmed Feb 28, 1939.
- Appointed by
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Confirmed
- Feb 28, 1939
- Born
- 1886
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitFranklin D. Roosevelt · Feb 28, 1939 – Jan 22, 1940
Education
- Harvard UniversityB.A., 1909
- Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1911
Career
Personal secretary, Hon. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Supreme Court of the United States, 1911-1912; Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1912-1938; U.S. Army, 1918; Special assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1922-1926; Chairman, National Labor Relations Board, 1934-1935; Chief counsel, Special Congressional Committee to Investigate the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1938-1939; Solicitor general of the United States, 1940; Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Department of Justice, 1940; Attorney General of the United States, 1941-1945; U.S. representative to International Military Tribunal--Nuremburg Trials, 1945-1946; Chairman, Americans for Democratic Action, 1950-1953
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