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Joseph Cross
Former judge · U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Joseph Cross served on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt and confirmed Mar 17, 1905.
- Appointed by
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Confirmed
- Mar 17, 1905
- Born
- 1843
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New JerseyTheodore Roosevelt · Mar 17, 1905 – Oct 29, 1913
Education
- Columbia Law School
- College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)A.B., 1865
- Read law1868
- College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)A.M., 1868
Career
Private practice, Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1869-1905; Judge, Elizabeth [New Jersey] District Court, 1888-1891; State assemblyman, New Jersey, 1893-1895; speaker, 1895; State senator, New Jersey, 1899-1905; president, 1905
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From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.
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Capitol Receipts, “Judge Joseph Cross, District Court for the District of New Jersey,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/judge/j1379641/joseph-cross (accessed 2026-10-13).