Paul Leahy

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of Delaware

Years in office: 1957 - 1966

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Years in office: 1942 - 1957

Education

Bachelor's

University of Delaware, 1926

Law

University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1929

Personal

Birthplace

Wilmington, DE

Paul Conway Leahy (1904-1966) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of Delaware.

Leahy was nominated by PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt on December 23, 1941, to a seat vacated byJohn Percy Nields; he was confirmed by the Senate on January 7, 1942, and received his commission onJanuary 14, 1942. he served aschief judge from 1948-1957. He assumedsenior status onOctober 7, 1957, and served in that capacity until his death onJuly 3, 1966.^[1] Leahy was succeeded in this position byEdwin Steel.

Early life and education

• University of Delaware, B.S., 1926
• University of Pennsylvania Law School, LL.B., 1929

Professional career

• Private practice, Wilmington, Delaware, 1929-1942

Judicial career

District of Delaware

Leahy was nominated by PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt on December 23, 1941, to a seat vacated byJohn Percy Nields; he was confirmed by the Senate on January 7, 1942, and received his commission onJanuary 14, 1942. he served aschief judge from 1948-1957. He assumedsenior status onOctober 7, 1957, and served in that capacity until his death onJuly 3, 1966.^[1] Leahy was succeeded in this position byEdwin Steel.

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Delaware

External links

• Judge Leahy's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Delaware
Active judges	Chief Judge: Colm Connolly  •  Maryellen Noreika  •  Jennifer Hall  •  Gregory Williams (Delaware)
Senior judges	Joseph Longobardi  •  Richard G. Andrews (Delaware)  •
Magistrate judges	Christopher J. Burke (Delaware)  •  Sherry R. Fallon  •
Former Article III judges	Greg Sleet  •  Joseph Farnan  •  Sue Robinson  •  Leonard Stark  •  Gunning Bedford  •  John Fisher (Delaware)  •  Willard Hall  •  Edward Green Bradford  •  Leonard Eugene Wales  •  Walter Stapleton (federal judge)  •  Jane Roth  •  Kent Jordan  •  Edward Green Bradford II  •  Hugh Martin Morris  •  John Percy Nields  •  James Latchum  •  Caleb Layton  •  Paul Leahy  •  Roderick McKelvie  •  Richard Rodney  •  Edwin Steel  •  Caleb Wright  •  Murray Schwartz  •
Former Chief judges	Greg Sleet  •  Joseph Farnan  •  Sue Robinson  •  Leonard Stark  •  Walter Stapleton (federal judge)  •  James Latchum  •  Paul Leahy  •  Caleb Wright  •  Joseph Longobardi  •  Murray Schwartz  •

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