William Francis Smith
William Francis Smith (1903-1968) was afederal judge on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit and theUnited States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Early life and education
- Columbia University, Ph.G., 1922
- New Jersey Law School, LL.B., 1929
Professional career
- Deputy mayor, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, 1926-
- Private practice, New Jersey, 1930-1931
- Instructor, New Jersey Law School, 1930-1935
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of New Jersey, 1934-1940
- U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 1940-1941
Judicial career
Third Circuit
Smith was nominated by PresidentJohn F. Kennedy on August 15, 1961, to a seat vacated byPhillip Forman; he was confirmed by the Senate onAugust 30, 1961, and received commission that same day. He served until his death onFebruary 26, 1968.[1]
District of New Jersey
Smith was nominated by PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt on January 23, 1941, to a new seat created by 54 Stat. 219; he was confirmed by the Senate on February 13, 1941, and received commissionFebruary 15th. He served aschief judge from 1959 untilSeptember 12, 1961, at which time he was elevated to the Third Circuit.
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Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat | District of New Jersey 1941–1961 | Succeeded by: Robert Shaw (New Jersey) |
| Preceded by: Phillip Forman | Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1961–1968 | Succeeded by: James Hunter |
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| Active judges | Chief Judge: Renee Bumb • Susan Wigenton • Madeline Arleo • Claire Cecchi • Esther Salas • Michael Shipp • Karen Williams (New Jersey) • Robert Kirsch • Brian R. Martinotti • Julien Xavier Neals • Zahid Quraishi • Christine O'Hearn • Evelyn Padin • Georgette Castner • Michael Farbiarz • Jamel Semper • Edward Kiel | ||
| Senior judges | Mary Cooper • Anne Thompson • Stanley Chesler • Katharine Hayden • William Martini • Peter Sheridan • Noel Hillman • Robert Kugler • Kevin McNulty • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Tonianne Bongiovanni • Mark Falk • Ann Donio • Michael A. Hammer • Cathy L. Waldor • James B. Clark, III • Leda Dunn Wettre • Sharon King • Jessica Allen • Matthew Skahill • André Espinosa • | ||
| Former Article III judges | Garrett Brown • Joel Pisano • Freda Wolfson • Harold Ackerman • Dennis Cavanaugh • Dickinson Debevoise • Joseph Greenaway • Faith Hochberg • Jose Linares • Stanley Brotman • Joseph Irenas • Joseph Rodriguez (New Jersey) • Jerome Simandle • David Brearley • Robert Morris (New Jersey) • William Sanford Pennington • William Rossell • Mahlon Dickerson • Philemon Dickerson • Richard Stockton Field • John Thompson Nixon • Andrew Kirkpatrick • Leonard Garth • Robert Cowen • Maryanne Trump Barry • Lee Sarokin • Edward Green (New Jersey) • Joseph Cross • William Mershon Lanning • John Rellstab • Joseph Lamb Bodine • John Warren Davis (Third Circuit) • Thomas Griffith Haight • Charles Francis Lynch • William Nelson Runyon • William Clark (New Jersey) • Guy Laverne Fake • James William McCarthy • John Boyd Avis • Phillip Forman • Anthony Augelli • George Barlow • William Bassler • John Bissell • Vincent Biunno • Mitchell Cohen • James Coolahan • John Gerry • Richard Hartshorne • John Kitchen • Frederick Lacey • Arthur Lane • Alfred Lechner • John Lifland • Thomas Madden • Thomas Meaney • Henry Meanor • Alfred Modarelli • Mendon Morrill • Stephen Orlofsky • Nicholas Politan • Robert Shaw (New Jersey) • William Francis Smith • Herbert Stern • Thomas Walker (New Jersey) • Lawrence Whipple • Alfred Wolin • Reynier Wortendyke • Clarkson Sherman Fisher • John Michael Vazquez • William Walls (New Jersey) • | ||
| Former Chief judges | Garrett Brown • Anne Thompson • Freda Wolfson • Jerome Simandle • Guy Laverne Fake • Phillip Forman • Anthony Augelli • George Barlow • John Bissell • Mitchell Cohen • James Coolahan • John Gerry • Thomas Madden • William Francis Smith • Lawrence Whipple • Clarkson Sherman Fisher • | ||
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| 1961 | Ainsworth •Augelli •Austin •Battisti •Becker •Beeks •Bell •Blumenfeld •Bohanon •Brown •Browning •Bryan Sr. •Clarie •Cox •Craven •Croake •Davis •Dillin •Dooling •Doyle •Dumbauld •Duniway •Dyer •Freedman •Ganey •Garza •Gibson •Gray •Hill •Kaufman •Kiley •Larkins •Larson •Lord •Luongo •MacBride •Machrowicz •Martin •McCree •McRae •Michie •Morgan •Northrop •Parsons •Peck II •Pence •Plummer •Putnam •Ridge •Sheridan •Smith •Stephens, Jr. •Swygert •West •Will •Wilson •Young •Zirpoli | ||
| 1962 | Allgood •Barrow •Beamer •Bell •Body •Bonsal •Brewster •Brown •Butzner •Carr •Cohen •Coolahan •Cooper •Crary •Curtis •Daugherty •Oscar Davis •Elliott •Ellis •Eschbach •Feinberg •Foley •Fox •Gewin •Goldberg •Gray •Green •Hanson •Hays •Hughes •Jones •McLean •McManus •Meredith •Neese •Noel •Oliver •Preyer •Regan •Rosenberg •Rosling •Roth •Seth •Shaw •Smith •Spears •Templar •Tyler •Weigel •White •Winter •Wright •Wyatt | ||
| 1963 | Almond •Cannella •Craig •Decker •Edwards •Fulton •Marovitz •McGowan •Mehaffy •Moynahan •Nealon •Payne •Phillips •Tenney •Thompson • Thornberry | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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- Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Appointed by John F. Kennedy
- Confirmed 1941
- Confirmed 1961
- Federal Article III judges
- Federal judiciary nominee, August 1961
- Federal judiciary nominee, January 1941
- Former federal judge
- Former federal judge, United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
- Former federal judge, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- New Jersey
- United States of America
- Former federal judge, Third Circuit
- Former federal judge, District of New Jersey
- Appointed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Former chief judge, District of New Jersey
- Former Article III judges
