Peter Woodbury

Prior offices:

United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit

Years in office: 1964 - 1970

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Years in office: 1941 - 1964

Education

Bachelor's

Harvard University, 1924

Law

Harvard Law School, 1927

Personal

Birthplace

New Hampshire

Peter Woodbury (1899-1970) was afederal judge for theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit. He joined the court in 1941 after an appointment fromFranklin Delano Roosevelt. At the time of appointment, he served on theNew Hampshire Supreme Court. He served as chief judge from1959-1964 before retiring on December 31, 1964. He served until his death in 1970.^[1]

Early life and education

• Columbia University Law School
• Harvard University, B.S., 1924
• Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1927^[1]

Professional career

• U.S. Army Private First Class, 27th Army Division, 1918-1919
• Private practice, Manchester, New Hampshire, 1927-1928
• Selectman, Bedford, New Hampshire, 1928-1931
• Justice, Bedford Municipal Court, New Hampshire, 1928-1932
• Associate justice,New Hampshire Superior Court, 1932-1933
• Associate justice,New Hampshire Supreme Court, 1933-1941^[1]

Judicial career

First Circuit

Woodbury was nominated to the First Circuit by PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt on January 31, 1941, to a seat vacated byScott Wilson; he was confirmed by theSenate on February 18, 1941, and received commission onFebruary 25. He served aschief judge from 1959 until he assumedsenior status onDecember 31, 1964. He served until his death onNovember 17, 1970. His vacancy was filled byEdward McEntee.^[1]

See also

• United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit

External links

• Biography at 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 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  •