Frederick Follmer

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Years in office: 1967 - 1971

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Years in office: 1946 - 1967

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Years in office: 1946 - 1955

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United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Years in office: 1946 - 1955

Education

Bachelor's

Bucknell University, 1906

Law

Harvard Law School, 1909

Personal

Birthplace

Milton, PA

Frederick Voris Follmer (1885-1971) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, theEastern District of Pennsylvania, and theWestern District of Pennsylvania.

Follmer was nominated by PresidentHarry Truman on July 31, 1946, to a new seat created by 60 Stat. 654; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 31, 1946, and received commission onAugust 7. From the date of his commission untilJune 1, 1955, he served simultaneously on each of Pennsylvania's three District Courts (Eastern, Middle, and Western). In 1955, other judges were appointed to fill his seats on the Eastern and Western District Courts, and thereafter, until his death, he served only the Middle District.^[1] He served a brief stint aschief judge during 1962. He assumedsenior status onDecember 30, 1967, and served in that capacity until his death onMay 3, 1971.

Early life and education

• Bucknell University, A.B., 1906
• Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1909

Professional career

• Private practice, Pennsylvania, 1910-1935
• Assistant district attorney, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1911-1914
• U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1935-1946

Judicial nominations and appointments

Middle District of Pennsylvania

Follmer was nominated by PresidentHarry Truman on July 31, 1946, to a new seat created by 60 Stat. 654; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 31, 1946, and received commission onAugust 7. From the date of his commission untilJune 1, 1955,^[1] he served simultaneously on each of Pennsylvania's three District Courts (Eastern, Middle, and Western). In 1955, other judges were appointed to fill his seats on the Eastern and Western District Courts, and thereafter, until his death, he served only the Middle District. He served a brief stint aschief judge during 1962. He assumedsenior status onDecember 30, 1967, and served in that capacity until his death onMay 3, 1971.

External links

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Active judges	Chief Judge: Matthew Brann  •  Karoline Mehalchick  •  Julia Munley  •  Joseph Saporito  •  Jennifer Philpott Wilson  •  Keli Neary
Senior judges	Yvette Kane  •  Malachy Mannion  •  Robert David Mariani  •
Magistrate judges	Martin C. Carlson  •  Susan E. Schwab  •
Former Article III judges	Thomas Vanaskie  •  Richard Caputo  •  James Munley  •  Christopher Conner  •  John E. Jones  •  William Nealon  •  Richard Conaboy  •  Sylvia Rambo  •  William Caldwell  •  Edwin Kosik  •  James McClure  •  Robert Wodrow Archbald  •  Charles Witmer  •  Albert Williams Johnson  •  Albert Leisenring Watson  •  Frederick Follmer  •  Robert Herman  •  John William Murphy  •  Michael Sheridan  •
Former Chief judges	Thomas Vanaskie  •  William Nealon  •  Richard Conaboy  •  Sylvia Rambo  •  Albert Leisenring Watson  •  Frederick Follmer  •  John William Murphy  •  Michael Sheridan  •

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Active judges	Chief Judge: Wendy Beetlestone  •  Paul Diamond  •  Juan Sanchez (Pennsylvania)  •  Jeffrey L. Schmehl  •  Chad F. Kenney, Sr.  •  Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro  •  John M. Younge  •  Gail Weilheimer  •  Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr.  •  Mark A. Kearney  •  Joseph F. Leeson, Jr.  •  Gerald J. Pappert  •  Mia Roberts Perez  •  Kelley Hodge  •  Joshua Wolson  •  Karen Marston  •  John Gallagher (Pennsylvania federal judicial nominee)  •  John Frank Murphy  •  Catherine Henry  •  Mary Kay Costello
Senior judges	Harvey Bartle  •  Robert Kelly (Pennsylvania)  •  Jan DuBois  •  Ronald Buckwalter  •  William Yohn  •  John Padova Sr.  •  Eduardo Robreno  •  Anita Brody  •  Petrese Tucker  •  Berle Schiller  •  Richard Surrick  •  Legrome Davis  •  Cynthia Rufe  •  Michael Baylson  •  Tim Savage  •  Darnell Jones  •  Joel Slomsky  •
Magistrate judges	Carol Wells  •  Timothy Rice  •  David Strawbridge  •  Elizabeth Hey  •  Lynne Sitarski  •  Scott Reid  •  Marilyn Heffley  •  Richard A. Lloret  •  Pamela Carlos  •
Former Article III judges	William Ditter  •  John Fullam  •  Louis Pollak  •  Norma Shapiro  •  Lowell Reed  •  James Giles  •  Thomas O'Neill (Pennsylvania)  •  Bruce Kauffman  •  Curtis Joyner  •  Mary McLaughlin  •  James Gardner (Pennsylvania)  •  Gene Pratter  •  Lawrence Stengel  •  Thomas Golden  •  Felipe Restrepo  •  William Lewis (Pennsylvania)  •  Richard Peters  •  Joseph Hopkinson  •  Archibald Randall  •  John Kintzing Kane  •  John Cadwalader  •  William Butler  •  Anthony Scirica  •  Franklin Van Antwerpen  •  Marjorie Rendell  •  John Bayard McPherson  •  James Buchanan Holland  •  Joseph Whitaker Thompson  •  Oliver Booth Dickinson  •  Charles Louis McKeehan  •  William Huntington Kirkpatrick  •  Mitchell Goldberg  •  Herbert Hutton  •  Daniel Huyett  •  Harry Kalodner  •  James M. Kelly (Pennsylvania)  •  Marvin Katz  •  John Whitaker Lord  •  Joseph Simon Lord  •  Alfred Luongo  •  George Austin Welsh  •  Albert Maris  •  Guy Bard  •  Louis Bechtle  •  Edward Becker  •  Ralph Body  •  Raymond Broderick  •  Edward Cahn  •  Thomas Clary  •  John Morgan Davis (Pennsylvania)  •  Thomas Egan (Pennsylvania)  •  Herbert Fogel  •  Frederick Follmer  •  Abraham Freedman  •  James Ganey  •  Francis Van Dusen  •  Aloyisus Higginbotham  •  Robert Gawthrop  •  James Gorbey  •  Clifford Green  •  Allan Grim  •  John Hannum  •  Charles William Kraft  •  Thomas Masterson  •  Joseph McGlynn  •  James McGranery  •  Clarence Newcomer  •  Emanuel Mac Troutman  •  Jay Waldman  •  Charles Weiner  •  Harold Wood  •  Donald Van Artsdalen  •  Edward G. Smith  •
Former Chief judges	Harvey Bartle  •  John Fullam  •  James Giles  •  Curtis Joyner  •  Petrese Tucker  •  Juan Sanchez (Pennsylvania)  •  William Huntington Kirkpatrick  •  Mitchell Goldberg  •  John Whitaker Lord  •  Joseph Simon Lord  •  Alfred Luongo  •  Louis Bechtle  •  Edward Cahn  •  Thomas Clary  •  James Ganey  •

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Active judges	Chief Judge: Cathy Bissoon  •  Susan Baxter  •  Robert J. Colville  •  Marilyn J. Horan  •  Mark Raymond Hornak  •  J. Nicholas Ranjan  •  Stephanie Haines  •  William Shaw Stickman  •  Scott Hardy  •  Christy Wiegand
Senior judges	Nora Fischer  •  Arthur Schwab  •  David Cercone  •  Joy Conti  •
Magistrate judges	Keith Pesto  •  Maureen Kelly  •  Patricia Dodge  •  Richard Lanzillo  •  Kezia Taylor  •  Christopher Brown (Pennsylvania)  •
Former Article III judges	William Knox  •  Jonathan Hoge Walker  •  William Wilkins  •  Thomas Irwin  •  Wilson McCandless  •  Winthrop Welles Ketcham  •  Marcus Wilson Acheson  •  Joseph Weis (Third Circuit)  •  Brooks Smith  •  Thomas Hardiman  •  Joseph Buffington  •  Timothy Lewis (Pennsylvania)  •  James Hay Reed  •  Nathaniel Ewing  •  James Scott Young  •  Charles Prentiss Orr  •  W. H. Seward Thomson  •  Robert Murray Gibson  •  Alan Bloch  •  Maurice Cohill  •  Gustave Diamond  •  William Standish  •  Gary Lancaster  •  Terrence McVerry  •  Sean McLaughlin  •  Frederic Palen Schoonmaker  •  Nelson McVicar  •  Frederick Follmer  •  Carol Mansmann  •  Owen Burns  •  Robert Cindrich  •  Edward Dumbauld  •  Wallace Gourley  •  Rabe Marsh  •  Barron McCune  •  John McIlvaine  •  Glenn Mencer  •  John Lester Miller  •  Louis Rosenberg  •  Ralph Scalera  •  Daniel Snyder  •  Herbert Sorg  •  William Stewart (Pennsylvania)  •  Hubert Teitelbaum  •  Gerald Weber  •  Joseph Willson  •  Donald Ziegler  •  Donald Lee  •  Paul Simmons  •  Peter Phipps  •
Former Chief judges	Robert Murray Gibson  •  Donetta Ambrose  •  Maurice Cohill  •  Gustave Diamond  •  Gary Lancaster  •  Nelson McVicar  •  Wallace Gourley  •  Rabe Marsh  •  Herbert Sorg  •  Hubert Teitelbaum  •  Gerald Weber  •  Donald Ziegler  •  Mark Raymond Hornak  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byHarry Truman
1945	Burton •Clark •Donovan •Gilliam •Gourley •Holtzoff •Koscinski •Madden •Mathes •Mellott •S. Miller •W. Miller •Mollison •O'Connell •Orr •Prettyman •Rice
1946	Curran •Driver •Follmer •Harris •Kalodner •Kampf •Keech •Levin •Lynne •McGranery •Murphy •Rodney •Scarlett •Shelbourne •Speakman •Starr •Vinson •Weinberger
1947	Bryan, Sr. •Christenberry •Clifford •Collet •Dooley •Harper •Howell •Johnson •Jones •Lemmon •Medina •Rayfiel •Ryan • Thomason
1948	Harper •Henderson •Johnson •Kaufman •Proctor •Rao •Stephens •Tamm
1949	Allred •Andrews •Bazelon •Borah •Burns •Carter •Clark •Clary •Conger •Connally •Duffy •Erskine •Fahy •Finnegan •Foley •Ford •Gibson •Grim •Hastie •Hatch •Hill •Hooper •Kaufman •Kirkland •Lindley •Matthews •McCarthy •McGohey •McLaughlin •Minton •Murray •Noonan •Pickett •Platt •Pope •Ritter •Russell •Solomon •Sugarman •Swaim •Switzer •Taylor •Tehan •Thornton •Warlick •Washington •Westover •Wright
1950	Bastian •Byrne, Sr. •Carter •Knous •Marsh •Murphy •Simpson •Staley •Steckler •Strum •Wallace •Weinfeld •Whitehurst •Worley
1951	Dimock •Edelstein •Hartigan •Hartshorne •Leahy •Lindberg •McNamee •Medina •Modarelli •Murphy •Perry •Rives •Sheehy •Sloan •Stewart •Thomas •Tolin •Youngdahl
1952	Cole •Friedman •Williams •