Robert Wodrow Archbald

Prior offices:

United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit

Years in office: 1911 - 1913

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U.S. Circuit Courts for the 3rd Circuit

Years in office: 1911 - 1911

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United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Years in office: 1901 - 1911

Education

Bachelor's

Yale University, 1871

Law

Read law, 1873

Personal

Birthplace

Carbondale, PA

Robert Wodrow Archbald (1848-1926) was afederal judge on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, theUnited States Commerce Court, and theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Early life and education

• Yale University, A.B., 1871
• Read law, 1873

Professional career

• Private practice, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1873-1884
• Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County, 1884-1888
• President judge, 45th Judicial District of Pennsylvania, 1888-1901

Judicial career

Third Circuit and Commerce Court

Archbald was nominated by PresidentWilliam Howard Taft on December 12, 1910 to a new seat authorized by 36 Stat. 539. He was confirmed by the Senate onJanuary 31, 1911, and received commission that same day. He was impeached and convicted onJanuary 13, 1913.^[1]

Middle District of Pennsylvania

Archbald received arecess appointment from PresidentWilliam McKinley on March 29, 1901 and was nominated on December 5th to a new seat authorized by 31 Stat. 880. He was confirmed by the Senate onDecember 17, 1901, and received commission that same day. He served on this court untilFebruary 1, 1911. Archbald was succeeded in this position byCharles Witmer.

See also

• Impeachment of federal judges

External links

• Judge Archbald's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byWilliam McKinley
1897	Bradford •DeHaven •McKenna •Morrow •Purnell •Tenney
1898	Ewart •Lowell •Meek •Thomas •Thompson •Waddill
1899	Barnard •Clabaugh •Day •Evans •Fischer •Gray •Grosscup •Hook •Howell •Kohlsaat •McPherson • Shelby
1900	Boyd •De Vries •Hazel •McPherson •Severens •Trieber •Wanty
1901	Adams •Anderson •Archbald •Cochran •Humphrey •Keller •Wing

v • e Federal judges nominated byWilliam Howard Taft
1909	Bean •Carpenter •Connor •Donworth •Grubb •Hand •Hundley •Lanning •Lurton •Orr •Purdy •Rellstab •Warrington •Willard
1910	Archbald •Barber •Carland •Cooper •Denison •De Vries •Hollister •Hughes •Hunt •Killits •Knapp •Knappen •Lamar •Mack •Montgomery •Rasch •Rose •Russell •Smith •Van Devanter •Van Valkenburgh •White
1911	Angell •Day •Denison •Elliott •Martin •Rudkin •Schofield •Sessions •H. Smith •W. Smith •Veeder •Whitmer • Youmans
1912	Bourquin •Cheney •Cushman •Dodge •Geiger •Howard •Mayer •McPherson •Morton •Pitney •Pope •Sloan •Thompson •Tuttle •

v • e Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Active judges	Chief Judge: Michael Chagares  •  Patty Shwartz  •  Felipe Restrepo  •  Thomas Hardiman  •  Cheryl Ann Krause  •  Tamika Montgomery-Reeves  •  Stephanos Bibas  •  Peter Phipps  •  Paul Matey  •  David Porter (Third Circuit)  •  Arianna Freeman  •  Cindy Chung  •  Emil Bove  •  Jennifer Mascott
Senior judges	Thomas Vanaskie  •  Anthony Scirica  •  Walter Stapleton (federal judge)  •  Robert Cowen  •  Jane Roth  •  Richard Nygaard  •  Theodore McKee  •  Marjorie Rendell  •  Thomas Ambro  •  Julio Fuentes  •  Brooks Smith  •  D. Michael Fisher  •
Former judges	Samuel Alito  •  Joseph Greenaway  •  Thomas Vanaskie  •  Marcus Wilson Acheson  •  Joseph Weis (Third Circuit)  •  Morton Greenberg  •  Ruggero Aldisert  •  Dolores Sloviter  •  Theodore McKee  •  Maryanne Trump Barry  •  Kent Jordan  •  Joseph Buffington  •  George Mifflin Dallas  •  Timothy Lewis (Pennsylvania)  •  Lee Sarokin  •  James Hunter  •  James Rosen  •  Michael Chertoff  •  Robert Wodrow Archbald  •  George Gray (Third Circuit)  •  John Bayard McPherson  •  William Mershon Lanning  •  Joseph Whitaker Thompson  •  John Warren Davis (Third Circuit)  •  Thomas Griffith Haight  •  Victor Baynard Woolley  •  William Clark (New Jersey)  •  Harry Kalodner  •  Phillip Forman  •  Albert Maris  •  John Biggs  •  Francis Biddle  •  William Francis Smith  •  Edward Becker  •  Abraham Freedman  •  James Ganey  •  Francis Van Dusen  •  Aloyisus Higginbotham  •  Carol Mansmann  •  Herbert Goodrich  •  Arlin Adams  •  John Gibbons (Third Circuit)  •  William Hastie  •  William Hutchinson  •  Charles Alvin Jones  •  Gerald McLaughlin  •  John O'Connell  •  Max Rosenn  •  Collins Seitz  •  David Stahl (Third Circuit)  •  Austin Staley  •
Former Chief judges	Anthony Scirica  •  Ruggero Aldisert  •  Dolores Sloviter  •  Theodore McKee  •  Brooks Smith  •  Harry Kalodner  •  John Biggs  •  Edward Becker  •  Aloyisus Higginbotham  •  John Gibbons (Third Circuit)  •  William Hastie  •  Collins Seitz  •  Austin Staley  •

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  •