Biddle, Francis Born May 9, 1886, in Paris, France Died October 4, 1968, in Wellfleet, MA Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 9, 1939, to a seat vacated by Joseph Buffington. Confirmed by the Senate on February 28, 1939, and received commission on March 4, 1939. Service terminated on January 22, 1940, due to resignation. Education: Harvard University, B.A., 1909 Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1911 Professional Career: Personal secretary, Hon. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Supreme Court of the United States, 1911-1912 Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1912-1938 U.S. Army, 1918 Special assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1922-1926 Chairman, National Labor Relations Board, 1934-1935 Chief counsel, Special Congressional Committee to Investigate the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1938-1939 Solicitor general of the United States, 1940 Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Department of Justice, 1940 Attorney general of the United States, 1941-1945 U.S. representative to International Military Tribunal--Nuremburg Trials, 1945-1946 Chairman, Americans for Democratic Action, 1950-1953 Research Collections Bibliography