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John Patrick Hartigan

Prior offices:

First Circuit Seat 3

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United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit

Years in office: 1965 - 1968

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Years in office: 1951 - 1965

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United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Years in office: 1940 - 1951

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Education

Bachelor's

Brown University, 1910

Law

Columbia University, 1913

Graduate

Columbia University, 1913

Personal

Birthplace

Providence, RI

John Patrick Hartigan (1887-1968) 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 1951 after an appointment byHarry Truman. He joined theDistrict of Rhode Island in 1940 after an appointment fromFranklin Delano Roosevelt. At the time of appointment he was theRhode Island Attorney General. He assumedsenior status onMarch 31, 1965, and served in that position until his death onAugust 10, 1968.^[1]

Early life and education

• Harvard University
• Brown University, A.B., 1910
• Columbia University, A.M., 1913
• Columbia University, LL.B., 1913^[1]

Military service

Hartigan served in the U.S. Army from 1917-1918.^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Providence, Rhode Island, 1912-1933
• Assistant state attorney general, Rhode Island, 1923-1924
• State attorney general, Rhode Island, 1933-1939^[1]

Judicial career

First Circuit

On December 21, 1950, Hartigan was nominated byHarry Truman to a seat on the First Circuit Court of Appeals vacated byJohn Christopher Mahoney; he was confirmed by the Senate on January 2, 1951, and received commission onJanuary 3rd. He assumedsenior status onMarch 31, 1965, and served in that position until his death onAugust 10, 1968. His position was filled byFrank Coffin.^[1]

District of Rhode Island

Hartigan was nominated by PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt on January 11, 1940, to a seat on the Rhode Island District Court vacated byJohn Christopher Mahoney; he was confirmed by the Senate on February 1, 1940, and received commission onFebruary 12. He served the District of Rhode Island untilJanuary 13, 1951. His position was filled byEdward Leahy.^[1]

See also

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

External links

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

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  •

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 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 •

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