John Christopher Mahoney

Prior offices:

First Circuit Seat 3

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United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit

Years in office: 1950 - 1952

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Years in office: 1940 - 1950

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United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Years in office: 1935 - 1940

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Education

Bachelor's

Brown University, 1905

Law

Harvard Law School, 1908

John Christopher Mahoney (1882-1952) was afederal judge on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit and theUnited States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. He joined theFirst Circuit in 1940 after an appointment fromFranklin Roosevelt. He joined theDistrict of Rhode Island in^[1]

Early life and education

• Brown University, A.B., 1905
• Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1908^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Providence, Rhode Island, 1908-1931
• Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Rhode Island, 1917-1921
• City solicitor, Providence, Rhode Island, 1931-1935^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

First Circuit

Mahoney was nominated to the First Circuit by PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt on January 11, 1940 to replaceJames Madison Morton. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 7th, and received commission onFebruary 12th. OnDecember 20, 1950, he assumedsenior status and continued to serve in this capacity until his death onNovember 18, 1952. His seat was filled byJohn Patrick Hartigan^[1]

District of Rhode Island

Mahoney was nominated to the District of Rhode Island by PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt on May 24, 1935 to replaceIra Lloyd Letts. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 4th, and received commission onJune 7th. He served on this court untilFebruary 21, 1940, when he was appointed to the First Circuit. His seat was filled byJohn Patrick Hartigan.^[1]

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
• United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit

External links

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byFranklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1940)
1933	Bell •Bratton •Donohoe •FitzHenry •Garrecht •Keefe •Ragon •Stone •Woodrough
1934	Allen •Bowen •Holly •Hulbert •Long •Major •Myers •Rippey •Sullivan
1935	Baldwin •Denman •Faris •Ford •Hamilton •Haney •Holmes •Mahoney •Martin •Mathews •McDuffie •Moore •Roche •A. L. Stephens •H. M. Stephens •Sweeney • Yankwich
1936	Abruzzo •Clancy •Davidson •Davis •Holland •Lederle •Leibell •Ling •Mandelbaum •Maris •Pollard •Thomas •Underwood
1937	Adair •Biggs •Black •Burke •Collet •Druffel •Edgerton •Groner •Healy •Jackson •Jenney •Kloeb •Major •McColloch •Miller •Mize •Murrah •Rice •Stephens •Sullivan •Swinford •Treanor •Trimble •Vinson •Watkins •Williams •Wyche
1938	Clark •Conger •Ford •Hamilton •Laws •Maris •McCord •Murphree •Reed
1939	Allred •Arant •Beaumont •Biddle •Black •Clark •Darr •Davies •Dobie •Douglas •Duffy •Frankfurter •Goldsborough •Huxman •Igoe •Jones •Kalodner •Kerner, Sr. •Lemley •Lumpkin •Magruder •Miller •Morris •Picard •Porterie •Roberts •Rutledge •Walker •Welsh •Whaley •Whitaker •Wilkin
1940	Bard •Barker •Barksdale •Boyd •Broaddus •Caillouet •Campbell •Dobie •Ganey •Goodrich •Harrison •Hartigan •Johnsen •Jones •Leamy •Mahoney •Martin •Murphy •Murrah •O'Connor •Oliver •Pine •Russell •Savage •Schwellenbach •Walker •Waller

v • e Federal judges nominated byFranklin Delano Roosevelt (1941-1945)
1941	Bright •Byrnes •Eicher •Frank •Freed •Healey •Jackson •Leahy •Leavy •Lovett •Madden •McAllister •McGuire •Miller •Minton •Moore •Riddick •Rifkind •J. Smith •W. Smith •Stone •Timmerman •Vogel •Waring •Woodbury •Wyzanski
1942	Brennan •Cole •Delehant •Ekwall •Goodman •Hall •Hannay •Keeling •Meaney
1943	Arnold •Chandler •Clark •Duncan •Helvering •Hulen •Lawrence •Lee •McLaughlin •Mullins •Rutledge •Swygert • Waller
1944	Bone •Connor •Graven •Hutcheson •Kennedy •LaBuy •O'Connell •Schweinhaut •Shaw
1945	Brown •Davis •Foley •Laws •Ridge

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
Active judges	Chief Judge: John J. McConnell, Jr.  •  Mary McElroy  •  Melissa DuBose
Senior judges	Mary Lisi  •  Ronald Lagueux  •  William E. Smith (Rhode Island)  •
Magistrate judges	Patricia Sullivan (Rhode Island)  •
Former Article III judges	Ernest Torres  •  Bruce Marshall Selya  •  Benjamin Bourne  •  Henry Marchant  •  David Leonard Barnes  •  David Howell (Rhode Island)  •  John Pitman  •  Jonathan Russell Bullock  •  John Power Knowles  •  LeBaron Bradford Colt  •  George Moulton Carpenter  •  Arthur Lewis Brown  •  Ira Lloyd Letts  •  John Christopher Mahoney  •  Francis Boyle  •  Edward Day  •  John Patrick Hartigan  •  Edward Leahy  •  Raymond Pettine  •
Former Chief judges	Ronald Lagueux  •  Ernest Torres  •  Francis Boyle  •  Edward Day  •  Raymond Pettine  •

v • e Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Active judges	•  Gustavo Gelpí  •  David Barron  •  Lara Montecalvo  •  Julie Rikelman  •  Seth Aframe  •  Joshua D. Dunlap
Senior judges	Levin Hicks Campbell  •  Jeffrey R. Howard  •  Kermit Lipez  •  Sandra Lea Lynch  •  O. Rogeriee Thompson  •  William Kayatta  •
Former judges	Stephen Breyer  •  David Souter  •  Norman Stahl  •  Bruce Marshall Selya  •  Michael Boudin  •  Juan Torruella  •  Hugh Bownes  •  Benjamin Bourne  •  John A. Lowell  •  Jeremiah Smith  •  John Lowell (federal judge, 1865-1884)  •  George Foster Shepley  •  LeBaron Bradford Colt  •  William LeBaron Putnam  •  Francis Cabot Lowell  •  Frederic Dodge  •  James Madison Morton  •  William Schofield  •  George Weston Anderson  •  George Hutchins Bingham  •  Charles Fletcher Johnson  •  Scott Wilson (Maine)  •  John Christopher Mahoney  •  Calvert Magruder  •  Bailey Aldrich  •  John Patrick Hartigan  •  Frank Coffin  •  Edward McEntee  •  Peter Woodbury  •
Former Chief judges	Stephen Breyer  •  Levin Hicks Campbell  •  Jeffrey R. Howard  •  Michael Boudin  •  Juan Torruella  •  Sandra Lea Lynch  •  Calvert Magruder  •  Bailey Aldrich  •  Frank Coffin  •  Peter Woodbury  •